Deep-Fried Prawns with Green Seaweed

Name: Deep-Fried Prawns with Green Seaweed (T’ai ts’ai ming hsia)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon wine; 12 fresh prawns (about 1-½ pounds); 2 green onions; 3 slices ginger; 1 oz. green seaweed; 1 egg; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ tablespoon wine; ½ teaspoon sugar; 6 cups oil

T’ai ts’ai ming hsia

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

12 fresh prawns (about 1-½ pounds)
1 tablespoon wine

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Remove prawn’s head and set aside. Shell the body leaving the tail. Score the back of the prawn and remove the vein.
Marinate prawns in wine, chopped green onions, ginger, salt, and sesame oil for 10 minutes.
Remove sand from seaweed, and chop. Beat the egg in a small bowl.
Dust prawns with flour, then dip in beaten egg and coat with chopped