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Shrimp with Lobster Sauce Recipe
Servings 4
Ingredients
- • Fresh shrimp -- deveined and butterflied 10 - 15 per person
- • 4 to 8 spring onion -- green onions, scallions chopped
- • 2 large garlic cloves -- chopped or minced
- • 2 cups of chicken stock
- • 4 tablespoons of sweet white wine
- • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- • 2 teaspoons sugar
- • Handful of sliced mushrooms
- • Handful of snow peas
- • 2 1/2 tablespoons of Cornstarch and 1/2 cup of water
- • 4 egg whites -- beaten with 1/4 cup of water
- • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil for stir-frying
Instructions
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Rinse the shrimp in warm water and pat dry.
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Rinse the spring onions, drain and chop. Put garlic through garlic press. .
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Combine the chicken stock, white wine, soy sauce, and sugar and set aside.
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In a small bowl, dissolve the cornstarch into 1/2 cup water.
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Whisk the egg whites into 1/4 cup water and set aside.
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Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok, large pot, or frying pan or skillet on medium high to high heat. Stir fry the garlic and spring onions for about 30 seconds to a minute, taking care not to burn the garlic.
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Add the shrimp and stir fry for 2 minutes.
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Add the chicken broth mixture, bring to a boil and boil about 1 minute.
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Add the mushrooms and snow peas and simmer about 5 minutes.
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Re-stir the cornstarch and water mixture and stir it into broth.
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Immediately afterward, slowly pour in the egg whites, breaking them up by gently stirring them with a fork (recommend stirring them twice across and then twice across again in a tic tack toe pattern). Be careful not to overstir the egg whites.
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The dish is ready when the sauce begins to boil and thicken.
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