Gili shrimp
By WhitneyMorar
There is a eloquent legend about the origin of the name of "Gilly Shrimp": A long time ago, two families came to Daliao on the Xiamen coast to settle down to escape the war chaos. One of these families has the surname "Ji" and the other "Li"; one has a boy and the other has a girl. A man and a woman interacted frequently, and when they were young and young, they swore to become husband and wife. Before the wedding reception, when the bride and groom thought they were in love, they each caught a jumping prawn on the beach. At that time, they used this as a metaphor to pray for pairs and never separated. In order to commemorate this situation, the chef was specially asked to cook a dish with shrimp as the main ingredient. The chef understood the meaning and cooked the pun "Gilly Shrimp" by taking advantage of the coincidence that the two families have the surname Ji and Li, and seasoning it with orange juice and chestnuts (which are homophonic with Ji and Li). Everyone tasted it and all praised its name and delicacy, so this dish spread widely. According to legend, it is still loved by people today.
Recipe Recommendations
- prawn 8 rats
- eggs one
- bamboo shoots appropriate amount
- onion appropriate amount
- starch appropriate amount
- onion appropriate amount
- Water-blooming mushroom appropriate amount
- garlic appropriate amount
- salt appropriate amount
- MSG appropriate amount
- peanut oil appropriate amount
- white granulated sugar appropriate amount
- vinegar appropriate amount
- ketchup appropriate amount
- cooking wine appropriate amount
- salty and fresh
- fried
- three-quarters of an hour
- ordinary
Steps for Gili shrimp
1
Wash raw materials for later use.
2
Cut onions, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, bamboo shoots, and garlic into dices the size of rice grains, and beat up the eggs.
3
Remove the heads and shells and tails of the prawns. Each shrimp meat is cut through the back with a knife, remove the sand line, lift the shrimp tail through the cut gap, and draw it into green shrimp balls.
4
Marinate with salt and cooking wine for 15 minutes.
5
Prepare starch and breadcrumbs.
6
Dip the processed green shrimp balls with starch first.
7
Dip it with egg liquid.
8
Finally dip it in breadcrumbs.
9
Put the dipped shrimp blank aside for later use.
10
Put oil in the pan and heat until 50% hot.
11
Put the shrimp into the pan and fry until golden brown, remove and drain the oil.
12
Put the chopped onions, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, bamboo shoots, and garlic into a bowl, then add MSG, sweet and sour tomato sauce, cooking wine, orange juice, and water starch into the bowl and mix well.
13
Put a little oil in the pan, pour in the marinade, bring to a boil, take out and place on a plate.
14
When eating, sprinkle the sauce on the shrimp balls and serve.
15
Recipe efficacy: Kidney conditioning and yang conditioning. The outside is crispy and tender inside, and the shrimp meat is crispy, tender and crisp. Delicious and sweet.