Prawns in Tsingtao Beer Sauce

啤酒大虾

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    1

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
House of Nanking: Family Recipes from San Francisco's Favorite Chinese Restaurant

By Kathy Fang and Peter Fang

Published 2025

  • About

PETER: If you ask me where the best seafood I’ve ever tasted comes from, I’ll tell you without a doubt, it’s Shanghai. Our city sits right where the Yangtze River meets the East China Sea, and the waters are like nature’s own seafood buffet. As a boy, I was lucky to taste many of Shanghai’s specialties, and one of my favorites was stir-fried river shrimp (qīng chăo hé xiā). The “qīng chăo” cooking method refers to a light stir-fry that aims to maintain the original taste an