braised prawns

Today, we make a family banquet dish, which is also the most famous "braised prawns" in the north that most people love. It tastes delicious and is most popular among children. In fact, the method is also very simple. The main requirement is that the shrimp must be fresh in order to make beautiful "stewed prawns".
In the past, to make "stewed prawns", one had to choose prawns produced in the waters of Qingdao, Shandong Province. The prawns had a lot of naphtha, thin skin, green color, and red when placed in the pan. There was no need to use ketchup to color the color, because the original soup was very beautiful, red, bright and delicious. Unfortunately, this kind of shrimp is rare on the market. Even if you see it, it is still expensive. The cheapest one can only buy more than 400 yuan per catty, and everything below 400 yuan is basically fake. When I was a child, the Qingdao prawns on the market were all chilled. They were very fresh. They were very big. They only weighed four per catty, and if there were more than four, they would not be called prawns. Generally, they are shrimps that have been out of water for no more than three days. At that time, they were only one yuan each. But in the 1980s, that was already astronomical, because the average salary of people at that time was only tens of yuan, and they were reluctant to eat it at all! I have eaten prawns several times in the United States. They are prawns exported from China. They cost 18 US dollars each. They are also extremely expensive and cannot satisfy their cravings at all. Hehe! I cooked it for friends twice there. I used 10 shrimps each time and spent 200 US dollars each time. It made me bleed a lot and my heart ached very much, haha!
At present, grass shrimp and spotted shrimp are replaced on the market. This kind of shrimp has thick skin and hard meat, and the soup is black and has no naphtha. The skin of the shrimp is very beautiful, but it does not taste that way after all. Most hotels use ketchup to adjust the color of the soup. The color is really beautiful, but the taste completely changes, and there is no longer the original feeling!
Since there are no prawns, I chose grass shrimp today, which weighs 12 pounds per catty. The price is not cheap, more than 100 yuan per catty, but the taste is okay. The specific practices are as follows;