Yuanjia's Cuisine

Another Shanghai cuisine - Sweet Fried Shrimp. Shanghai cuisine is famous for its delecacy and sweet flavor. This dish appropriately demostrated shanghai cuisines character. The crust of the shrimp is crispy while the shrimp's flesh is soft and stretchy. Let's follow the recipe and try it out yourself!

15 Freshwater shrimps
5 thin slices of ginger
1-2 green onion
3 table spoon of heavy soy sauce
3 table spoon of cooking wine
1 table spoon of sugar
6 table spoon of oil

Heat the oil till about 430 degrees. Fry shrimp till the crusts crack or desociate from flesh. Take out shrimps, and remove the oil with only 1 table spoon left in the pan.

Heat the oil till about 400 degrees. Fry green onion and ginger. After 10-20 seconds, add cooking wine, heavy soy sauce and sugar. Mix the sauce well, then put in the fried shrimp and mix with the sauce. DONE!

Remember to turn off the cooking gas early so that the sugar won't get darken and overcooked. :)