General Tso's Shrimp
A fast 20-minute meal that gets you crispy shrimp without deep-frying which are then coated in a flavourful, subtly sweet sauce with a kick of chili.
Ingredients
- 500 g shrimp raw or blanched
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon crushed black pepper
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 egg beaten
- ½ cup plain flour
- ½ cup cornflour (cornstarch)
- ⅓ cup neutral oil for shallow-frying
STIR FRY
- 2 tablespoon neutral oil
- 1 tablespoon garlic finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon ginger finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
SAUCE
- 3 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch)
GARNISH
- 1 spring onion green part sliced
- toasted white sesame seeds
Instructions
- Mix together the sauce ingredients and keep aside.
- To the shrimp add the salt, crushed black pepper and white pepper. Mix. Then stir in one beaten egg.
- In a bowl or ziplock bag, add the flour and cornflour (cornstarch). Add the shrimp and shake the bag to coat everything well.
- Heat oil in a pan for shallow-frying. Drop the shrimp without overcrowding the pan. Fry in batches if your pan is small.
- Fry on medium-high heat till golden and crispy on both sides.
- Remove on a plate and keep aside.
- In the same, use 2 tablespoon of the remaining oil. Saute the ginger and garlic on medium heat. Add the crushed red pepper at this point if you like more spice.
- Pour the sauce, reduce the heat to low and let the sauce thicken and get glossy. Stir continuously so that the sauce doesn't get clumpy.
- Then turn off heat and toss in the fried shrimp.
- Remove on a serving plate and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and spring onion.
- Enjoy it with steamed rice or on a bed of plain stir-fried noodles.
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Notes
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You can swap the shrimp with chicken or tofu.
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Feel free to adjust the chili according to your liking.
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Remember if you swap or skip the ingredients in the sauce the dish will taste less like the original.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 374kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 1081mgPotassium: 109mgFiber: 2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 242IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 2mg
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