Cantonese Stir-fried Lover's Shrimp

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 lb fresh snow pea
• 3 scallions, cut into 1/4 ",lengths
• 1/2 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• peanut oil

Recipe

• 1 peel and devein shrimps if necessary; rinse and drain.
• 2 combine ingredients for marinade; add shrimp, allowing to sit at least 15-20 minutes.
• 3 prepare seasoning sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
• 4 trim ends off snow peas; parboil and set aside.
• 5 heat 1 tbsp oil in wok; stir-fry the snow peas for a few moments, until crisp-tender.
• 6 season with salt, and place in the center of serving platter.
• 7 heat 8 tbsp oil in wok; add shrimp and stir-fry until shrimp change color and curl; remove shrimp with a strainer; drain shrimp and set aside.
• 8 drain all oil from wok except 1 tbsp ;stir-fry chopped scallions and minced ginger for a few seconds until fragrance is released; then stir in shrimp.
• 9 pour in seasoning sauce, stirring thoroughly.
• 10 remove half of shrimp and place them to one side of the platter.
• 11 add the 3 tbsp ketchup to the shrimp remaining in wok and stir briskly.
• 12 remove those shrimp, placing them on the other side of the platter.
• 13 (optional: add 1 1/2 tsp. chile paste to the ketchup to go on one side for a spicy contrast) serve hot with steamed rice.