Salt and Pepper Mantis Shrimp

Name: Salt and Pepper Mantis Shrimp
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g Pippi Shrimp; 2 pieces Zhitianjiao; 1/2 head garlic; 10g Salt and pepper; 15ml Cooking Wine; 10ml Soy sauce; Some Cooking oil; a little starch

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

30m

Serving

2

Mantis shrimp is also called Pipi shrimp, prawn, pipa shrimp, and water scorpion. Its meat is sweet and tender, light and soft, and has a special and attractive umami taste. Spring is the season of spawning each year, and the best eating period is from April to June. At this time, its meat is the most full and tender, even if it is steamed or boiled directly, it will be very sweet. It is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of invigorating the kidney and strengthening yang, promoting milk and detoxification.

Ingredients

500g Pippi Shrimp
2 pieces Zhitianjiao
1/2 head Garlic
10g Salt And Pepper
15ml Cooking Wine
10ml Soy Sauce
Some Cooking Oil
a little Starch

Salt and Pepper Mantis Shrimp

1. Cut off the sharp corners of the mantis shrimp head, rinse with water, mince the chili and garlic; boil the water in the pot on high heat, add the mantis shrimp and cook for about half a minute, remove and drain the water

2. Sprinkle a little dry starch on the shells and mix well, pour oil into the pan and heat, add the boiled mantis shrimp, fry for 2 minutes and remove

3. Leave the bottom oil in the pot, add the chopped Zhitian pepper and crushed garlic until fragrant, add the deep-fried mantis shrimp, add the cooking wine and light soy sauce, stir-fry and dry water

4. Add salt and pepper powder, continue to stir fry evenly to get out of the pot

Tips:
1. To make salt and pepper mantis shrimp, it must be deep-fried to make it crispy;
2. Pay attention to the freshness of mantis shrimp when buying. Fresh mantis shrimp is shiny and blue and shiny. Pressing the middle part is firm and elastic. If the color is red, the body is soft, and the head is about to fall, it will not be fresh . Those who like to eat cream can choose female mantis shrimp. The way to distinguish between male and female mantis shrimp is that the female mantis shrimp will have a white "king" on the neck, while the male mantis shrimp does not. The meat of mantis shrimp contains a lot of water, so you should eat it as soon as you buy fresh.
3. The shell of mantis shrimp is very hard. When eating, be careful not to scratch your hands or mouth with the shell.