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Butterfly Shrimp




Source of Recipe


Internet


List of Ingredients




1 lb Shrimp With Shell On
2/3 c All Purpose Flour
1 Egg
2/3 c Water
Salt
Cornstarch
Oil for deep frying


Recipe



Remove shells from shrimp. For deveining and making butterfly shape of
shrimp, insert a knife into the back of a shrimp, and cut crosswise, but do
not sever shrimp completely into half, leave some connection at head and
tail ends. Remove knife, open shrimp halves to form butterfly shape, remove
vein. Prepare all the other shrimp similarly.

Place some cornstarch on a piece of wax paper. Carefully dredge
butterfly shrimp on both sides in corn starch, place shrimp on another
piece of wax paper to dry slightly.

Prepare a batter of 2/3 cup water, 1 egg, 2/3 cup flour, and salt. Mix
batter thoroughly. Reserve.

Pour a oil halfway up the side of a wok. Turn on your burner to
its highest setting. When the oil seems sufficiently heated, take a
small piece of bread and place it in the oil. If the bread browns lightly
on both sides, then the oil is ready for deep frying shrimp. If the bread
fails to brown immediately in the oil, then the oil is not up to
temperature yet. If your bread turns a deep brown or black, then shut the
burner off and allow the oil to cool at least 5 minutes, before turning it
on again. Be sure to test the oil again to see if it is cool enough to
deep fry shrimp.

When the oil is ready for deep frying, take 6 or 8 or your dredged
shrimp and place them in your batter. With a pair of chopsticks or fork,
coat your shrimp with batter. Lift each shrimp out of batter carefully, so
as not to disturb the butterfly shape, and slide each down the side of the
wok into the oil. The shrimp will slide to the bottom of the oil, and then
rise up to the top of the oil. After the shrimp have risen, cook about
1-1/2 minutes, then flip them over and deep fry 1 1/2 minutes on the under
side. Remove shrimp to a plate covered with paper toweling to drain excess
oil. Repeat procedure until all shrimp are cooked. Remove cooked shrimp
to a serving platter.