Favorite Shrimp in Lobster Sauce

Name: Favorite Shrimp in Lobster Sauce
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: shrimp; egg whites; cornstarch; peanut oil; pork; peanut oil; black beans, fermented; garlic; ginger root; scallions, spring or green onions; soy sauce, tamari; rice wine; sugar; salt; chicken broth; cornstarch; chicken broth; eggs; sesame oil

Submitted by montanamum

Favorite Shrimp in Lobster Sauce recipe

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

25 min

COOK

20 min

READY

45 min

Ingredients

POUND SHRIMP
medium, completely shelled, tails removed, cleaned and blotted dry

Marinade

LARGE EGG WHITES
lightly beaten

TEASPOON CORNSTARCH

PEANUT OIL
for deep-frying, about 1 1/2 cups *

Sauce

POUND PORK
coarsely ground

TABLESPOONS PEANUT OIL

1 ½

TABLESPOONS BLACK BEANS, FERMENTED
chinese *

TABLESPOONS GARLIC
coarsely chopped

TEASPOON GINGER ROOT
finely chopped

SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
finely chopped *

1 ½

TABLESPOONS SOY SAUCE, TAMARI
thin

TABLESPOONS RICE WINE
or dry sherry

TEASPOON SUGAR

PINCH SALT *

CUP CHICKEN BROTH

TABLESPOON CORNSTARCH
dissolved in

TABLESPOONS CHICKEN BROTH
(cold)

LARGE EGGS
beaten with

TEASPOONS SESAME OIL

Directions

Marinate the shrimp in the egg white and cornstarch for 20 minutes in the refrigerator. Fry the shrimp in 1½ cups oil at a moderate temperature (325F). Or, to simplify, stir-fry them in a wok in 3 tablespoons of oil just until they turn opaque. Remove them from the wok.

Brown the ground pork in 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the rest of the sauce ingredients. Bring them to a boil and add the cornstarch to thicken the sauce lightly. Turn off the heat.

Stir in the beaten egg, pulling the clumps of egg into thin strands with chopsticks as they cook. Stir in the cooked shrimp to coat them with the sauce.