What are the methods of cooking Sichuan spicy shrimp?

In Sichuan, there seems to be endless delicious food to eat, because the people here are really big eaters, and the snacks of various flavors are famous throughout the country. For example, the Sichuan dish of Fish-flavored Shredded Pork is definitely a favorite of most netizens. Paired with a bowl of rice, it is not only delicious but also can fill your stomach quickly. In Sichuan, spicy shrimp is also very popular, so what is the method of Sichuan spicy shrimp?

Method 1

Ingredients: Hot pot delicacy Main ingredients: 500g fresh white shrimp, 200g potatoes (if you change to sweet potato flavor

Ingredients (17 sheets) preferably), 50g celery, 80g fried peanuts

Accessories: winter bamboo shoots, cucumber, celery, 100g red pepper, 20g dried chili, 10g ginger, 20g shallot, 20g garlic slices, 30ml cooked sesame seeds

Seasoning: Haitian shrimp paste, chili oil, MSG, chicken essence, Sichuan Pixian bean paste (star anise, cinnamon, grass fruit, white pepper, cloves), 2 tablespoons (30ml) of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon (15ml) of sesame oil, 1 tablespoon (15ml) of cooking wine, 1 tablespoon (15ml) of sugar, a small amount of chicken essence, appropriate amount of salt, and oil.

Production Process

1. Prepare the materials.

2. Peel the potatoes and cut them into strips. The thickness should be similar to that of the potato strips you eat in fast food restaurants. Rinse the starch on the surface with clean water. If you want to keep them for a long time, soak them in clean water to prevent oxidation and discoloration. Remove the seeds and tendons from the red pepper and cut them into strips. Cut the celery into sections. Cut the dried chili into sections with scissors.

3. Use scissors to cut off the shrimp whiskers and shrimp claws (this can prevent the shrimp whiskers from getting mushy during frying), open the back and remove the shrimp thread

Finished products of various spicy shrimps (20 pictures) (use a knife to cut the back of the shrimp to a certain depth and remove a black line). After the shrimps are processed, marinate them with cooking wine and a small amount of salt for a while.

4. Put enough oil in the pot (enough to cover the shrimps), heat it to 70% hot (slight smoke), put the shrimps in, fry until golden brown, remove from the pot and drain the oil. 5. Then fry the potato strips until cooked, remove from the oil and set aside.

6. Leave 2 tablespoons of oil (30 ml) in the pot, heat it to 70% hot, add garlic slices, dried chili segments, and ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant.

7. Add celery and red pepper segments and stir-fry evenly.

8. Add the fried shrimp and potato chips and stir-fry evenly.

9. Add light soy sauce, sugar, chicken essence, salt and chopped green onions and stir well.

10. Add fried peanuts and sesame seeds and stir-fry evenly. Drizzle in sesame oil and chili oil and stir-fry evenly.

Method 2

Production Process

1. Peel and wash the best potatoes (sweet potatoes), cut into strips, fry them in salad oil and set aside. Cut the best winter bamboo shoots (or cooked cauliflower) and cucumber into strips, cut celery into strips, cut green onions into sections, slice a little ginger and garlic, and cut the green onions into flowers and set aside.

2. Clean the live prawns, then make a cut on the back of each prawn (a larger cut is better for easier flavor) and fry them in salad oil (a small amount of oil can be used at home).

3. Set up a wok, add a mixture of chili oil and salad oil (the ratio is 1/4), add star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, white pepper, and fry until fragrant, then remove from the pan, add green onion, ginger, garlic, and then add the fried shrimp, potatoes (sweet potatoes), winter bamboo shoots (cauliflower), cucumber, and celery, and stir-fry back and forth.

4. After frying for several times, when the ingredients are almost cooked, add shrimp paste, then a little MSG, chicken essence (note: no need to add salt, bean paste contains salt) and continue to stir-fry. Spicy Shrimp

5. Fry until the shrimp curls up and turns orange-red, which means the shrimp is cooked and can be removed from the pan.

6. Sprinkle sesame seeds, coriander and green onions on the product and serve!

7. Buy the first-generation hot pot base from the supermarket. After eating the shrimp, put it into the pot to make the dish taste stronger! Then add the appropriate amount of chicken essence, MSG and bone soup according to your taste!