Salt-Fried Shrimp

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	118ml	Oil - for frying
1/2 cup	118ml	Soy sauce
1/4 cup	59ml	Rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Finely-minced ginger
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Chili oil
2 tablespoons	30ml	Thinly-shaved scallions - plus extra
		Thinly-shaved scallions - for garnish
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Flour
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cornstarch
6		Egg whites
1 cup	237ml	Kosher salt
1/2 cup	118ml	Coarse-cracked black pepper
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Large shrimp - shell-on,
		Split down back and deveined

Recipe Instructions

Slowly heat oil in a wok or large skillet. In a small bowl combine next 5 ingredients for sauce. In 3 bowls, combine flour and cornstarch in first; beat egg whites with a fork until loose in second; mix salt and pepper in third. Dip shrimp first in flour mixture, shaking off excess; dip in egg whites, allowing excess to drip off. Lightly roll in salt mixture and add immediately to hot oil. Fry on all sides, remove and drain on paper towels.

Serve with sauce, garnished with extra scallions.

This recipe yields 12 to 15 shrimp.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-086 broadcast 02-18-1996) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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