Best Chinese Shrimp Recipes

CHINESE FRIED RICE WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Make rice in advance and refrigerate.
• Heat the oil in a skillet. Stir in the rice until lightly browned, pressing out any lumps.
• Mix in the scallions, salt, pepper and shrimp or chicken. Saute for 1 minute.
• Make a well in the center of the rice and pour the egg into it, stirring until barely set.
• Stir egg into the rice mixture.
• Add the parsley and soy sauce and stir. Cook 1 more minute and serve immediately.
• For Vegetarian omit both the chicken and the shrimp.

JIAOZI (CHINESE PORK AND SHRIMP DUMPLINGS)

Steps:

• Mix 1/2 cup cold water and cornstarch in a bowl until combined. Combine the filling: pork, shrimp, cabbage, chives, onions, ginger, garlic, cornstarch paste, wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and pepper in a large bowl and mix well.
• Mix flour and remaining water and knead the dough into a smooth ball. Use extra water/flour to get a slightly smooth and sticky ball. Let sit for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into little balls that roll out into 4-inch diameter circles. You will have about 30 dough circles.
• Place 2 teaspoons of the filling onto the middle of each of the dough circles.
• Wrap by folding the dough circles with filling in the middle in half and pinching the edges to seal.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Gently add about 10 dumplings into the boiling water. Bring the water back to a boil and add 1/2 cup more cold water. Repeat this twice before taking the dumplings out to serve; the pork filling should no longer be pink and shrimp should be firm. Repeat the boiling and adding of cold water with each batch of dumplings. Adding the cold water between boils reduces the starch buildup in the water.

CHINESE HONEY-WALNUT SHRIMP

Steps:

• Mix egg white and salt together in a bowl; add shrimp and toss to coat evenly. Cover and let shrimp marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add sugar; cook until dissolved, about 1 minute. Add walnuts. Turn heat down to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until syrup thickens and turns into a dark caramel color, 4 to 7 minutes.
• Line a baking sheet. Pour walnuts onto the baking sheet, spacing the pieces apart. Let cool.
• Mix mayonnaise, honey, condensed milk, and lemon juice together in a small bowl for the dressing.
• Drain excess liquid from the shrimp. Place cornstarch in a plastic sandwich bag. Toss shrimp in the cornstarch in batches.
• Heat 2 to 3 inches of oil in a medium to large pot to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Drop shrimp carefully into the hot oil in batches; fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes per batch. Drain on paper towels to preserve crispiness.
• Serve shrimp with the walnuts and honey dressing.

CHINESE TAKE-OUT SHRIMP WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat oil in wok or large skillet until very hot. Cook and stir garlic and ginger in the hot oil until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the water chestnuts, snow peas, mushrooms, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, and shrimp to the pan. Cook, stirring, until shrimp turns pink, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Combine the chicken broth, rice vinegar, fish sauce, and dry sherry in a small bowl. Pour into the shrimp mixture; cook and stir briefly to combine. Combine the cornstarch and water and stir into the wok. Stir until sauce has thickened, about 2 minutes.

CHINESE-STYLE CRISPY SHRIMP WITH SWEET & SOUR SAUCE

Steps:

• RED SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE:.
• Mix all ingredients.
• Have ready for shrimp.
• SHRIMP:.
• Remove shells from shrimp, leaving tails intact.
• If shrimp are frozen do not thaw; peel under running cold water.
• Make a shallow cut lengthwise down back of each shrimp and devein.
• Slit shrimp lengthwise down the back almost in half.
• Mix eggs, the 1 tablespoon cornstarch, the wine, soy sauce and the 1/4 teaspoon salt in glass bowl; stir in shrimp.
• Cover and refrigerate 10 minutes.
• Heat oil(1-1/2 inches) in 3 quart saucepan to 375°F.
• Mix flour, water, the 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1 tablespoon oil, baking soda and the 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Stir shrimp into batter until coated.
• Fry 5 or 6 shrimp at a time, turning occasionally, until golden brown, 2-3 minutes; drain.
• Serve hot with sauce.

CHINESE SHRIMP AND TOFU SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok over high heat. Cook the garlic and ginger until fragrant and lightly browned. Stir in the shrimp, and stir fry until cooked, then remove and set aside. Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, add the tofu and peas, season with salt and pepper, then return to a simmer. Mix the cornstarch with a little water to form a thin paste. Stir the cornstarch into the soup and continue to simmer until clear and thickened, about 1 minute. Stir the shrimp back into the soup and serve.

CRISPY SHRIMP OR CALAMARI WITH CHINESE NOODLES AND SPICY GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large stockpot of water to a boil. In a wok or deep, heavy saucepan, heat about 3 inches of peanut oil. (The oil must be very hot, about 375 degrees F.)
• Make the sauce: In a large skillet or saute pan, heat the 2 tablespoons of peanut oil. Over medium-high heat, saute the garlic just until golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the sugar and continue to saute until the garlic begins to caramelize, 1 or 2 minutes longer. Deglaze the pan with the rice wine, rice wine vinegar, and soy sauce. Add the carrots, haricots verts, and 2 ounces of the green onion, reserving 1 ounce as garnish. Stir in the chili sauce and continue to cook until the sauce is reduced by half.
• Meanwhile, add salt to the boiling water and cook the noodles until they are al dente. Drain the noodles well and stir them into the sauce until they are well coated.
• Season the shrimp or calamari with salt and pepper and toss with the flour to coat lightly. Deep-fry the shrimp or calamari in small batches until golden, 1 or 2 minutes. (The easiest way to do this is to use a fine-mesh basket or strainer. Place the shrimp or calamari in the basket and gently ease the basket into the oil.) Drain on clean paper towels.
• To serve, divide the noodles and vegetables among 4 large warm plates. Arrange the shrimp or calamari over and around each portion and garnish with the remaining green onions. Drizzle a little sesame oil over the noodles and serve immediately.
• Prepare an ice bath. Separate the garlic into cloves and remove the ends of each clove. Fill a small saucepan with water. Salt lightly and bring to a boil. Carefully drop the whole cloves into the water and blanch for 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and immediately plunge into the ice water to stop the cooking process. Repeat the process. Drain the garlic and dry it well. The peels should slip off easily. Cut the garlic into slices and use as needed.

SHRIMP (PINK) SAUCE COPYCAT FROM LINGS / KIMS CHINESE IN MEDFORD

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients well in a blender.
• Enjoy with your favorite chicken, egg rolls, or whatever your heart desires!
• Refrigerate leftover sauce.

BLACK-BEAN SHRIMP WITH CHINESE BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Stir together broth, rice wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar, and salt in a small bowl until cornstarch is dissolved.
• Remove any bruised or withered outer leaves from gai lan, then trim and peel stalks, halving thick ones lengthwise. Cut crosswise into 2 1/2-inch pieces, separating leafy parts from thick stems.
• Cook stems in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water, uncovered, until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Add leafy parts and cook until all of gai lan is just tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain well, then transfer to a clean kitchen towel and pat dry. Transfer to a large dish and keep warm, loosely covered with foil.
• Pat shrimp dry. Heat wok over high heat until a drop of water vaporizes instantly. Pour peanut oil around side of wok, then tilt wok to swirl oil, coating side. When oil just begins to smoke, add ginger and stir-fry 5 seconds. Add black beans, garlic, and jalapeño and stir-fry 1 minute. Working quickly, add shrimp, spreading in 1 layer on bottom and side of wok. Cook, undisturbed, 3 minutes, then stir-fry until shrimp are just pink on both sides, about 1 minute more. Stir broth mixture, then add to shrimp and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring, 2 minutes. Remove from heat and drizzle with sesame oil, then stir to combine.
• Pour shrimp and sauce over gai lan.

CHINESE VEGETABLE SOUP WITH SHRIMP AND PORK MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Prepare the meatballs: Chop the scallions, shrimp, and water chestnuts. Mince the garlic.
• In a medium bowl, mix the corn starch and soy sauce. Add egg whites, sesame oil, scallions, cilantro, ginger and garlic and blend well.
• Add shrimp, pork and water chestnuts and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chill for 30 minutes.
• Prepare the broth: Chop the scallions and bok choy. Thinly slice the carrot and snow peas. Mince the garlic.
• Combine stock, scallions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, and carrot in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Form meat mixture into 1" balls and drop into simmering soup (using wet hands makes this easier). Simmer for 10 minutes, until meatballs are cooked through and no longer pink.
• Add the bok choy and snow peas and simmer for 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

CHINESE CHICKEN AND SHRIMP NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken, onion, water and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for approx 20 minutes, or until meat is tender.
• Remove chicken from pot and allow to cool, then remove the meat from the bones.
• Cut the meat into long thin slivers, and discard bones.
• Place chicken back in the pot along with the shrimp and mushrooms; bring to a boil and simmer gently, for about 5 minutes.
• Add the noodles and the soy sauce and cook 5 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small skillet and cook green onions, garlic, and ground coriander for approx 3-4 minutes; add to soup just prior to serving, mixing well.

SHIU MAI (CHINESE STEAMED SHRIMP DUMPLINGS) RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Shell, devein, wash, and drain prawns. Dice into bits. Boil mushrooms in water for 10 minutes, rinse, squeeze dry, cut off and discard stems; then chop into very small pieces. Combine the pork, mushrooms, prawns, and onion. Put mixture on chopping board and chop 10 to 15 strokes with cleaver. (Use a sharp knife if you don't have a cleaver.) Texture, when you're finished, should be slightly finer than hamburger. Add "seasoning" and the egg to the pork mixture. Mix well. To make dumpling, place 1 Tbsp filling in the center of a dumpling skin. Then bring all sides of the skin up to cover the meat as much as possible, without closing. The top of the dumpling is left open. Cook dumplings by steaming for 30 minutes. Use as many as you need, with the rest, cool, wrap, freeze. Reheat after thawing by steaming 10 minutes. Serve with soy sauce, hot sauce, or mustard.

CHINESE SHRIMP CURRY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch, curry and sugar. Mix in soy sauce, vinegar and chicken broth. Set aside.
• In wok or heavy skillet, heat 1 teaspoon oil over high heat. Add carrots, pepper, peas, ginger and garlic. Stir-fry until vegetables are brightly colored, about 1 minute. Transfer onto plate with slotted spoon.
• Place remaining oil in pan and set over high heat. Add shrimp and stir-fry until pink, about 1 minute.
• Return vegetables to pan. Stir sauce mixture and pour into pan. Simmer gently until shrimp are white in center, 2-3 minutes. Serve immediately over rice.
• Makes 4 servings.

CHINESE SHRIMP WONTON

Steps:

• Mash green onion and ginger in a bowl with water. Mix in pork, 2 tablespoons rice wine, soy sauce, 2 teaspoons salt, sesame oil, and white pepper.
• Combine shrimp, 1 tablespoon rice wine, 1 teaspoon salt, mushrooms, and celery in a bowl. Add to the pork mixture; stir until filling is well combined.
• Separate and place wonton wrappers onto your work surface. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the pork-shrimp filling onto the center of each wrapper. Use your finger or a pastry brush to lightly moisten edges of wonton wrappers with water. Fold one corner of the wrapper over the filling onto the opposite corner to form a triangle. Press edges together to seal.
• Bring the chicken stock to a rolling boil. Add wontons and cook until they float to the top, about 5 minutes.

SHRIMP AND VEGETABLE SAUTE, CHINESE STYLE

Steps:

• Whisk anchovy paste, soy sauce, sugar, broth and season with red pepper flakes. In a large skillet or wok, heat the vegetable and sesame oils. Add peppers and scallion whites and stir fry or saute, stirring continuously for one minute. Add shrimp and saute for another minute. Add garlic and saute for 15 seconds until you get a good whiff of its aroma.
• Add liquid ingredients and peas, half of mint and basil leaves and simmer for a minute or two just until the shrimp are cooked through and the vegetables are tender but still crisp.
• Taste and season and transfer to a bowl; serve over rice, garnish with remaining mint, basil and green scallions rounds.

BLOODY MARY SHRIMP COCKTAIL IN CHINESE SOUP SPOONS(AMUSE BOUCHE)

Steps:

• Whisk the tomato paste and water in a measuring cup until smooth (the mixture should be of a somewhat thick consistency). Add the vodka, lemon juice, horseradish, and sugar. Season to taste with the salt, pepper, and cayenne.
• Serve individually in 16 porcelain Chinese soup spoons by adding about a 1/2 tablespoon of sauce into each spoon, topped with a shrimp and a jalapeno slice, if desired. Serve chilled.

CHINESE SHRIMP OMELETTE

Steps:

• Prepare sauce by adding oyster sauce to chicken broth then whisk.
• Heat wok or skillet until extremely hot.
• Add 1 tablespoon of oil & stir fry shrimp, onion & green onion until just cooked then remove.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil to wok & when hot, add the beaten eggs.
• Return shrimp & onions to wok.
• Stir in the shrimp once so they become part of the omlette & then let them sit, continue to break holes in the egg between the shrimp to allow raw egg to contact the wok.
• Jiggle, poke & shimmy the omlette to prevent sticking until mostly cooked.
• Flip or turn omlette & finish cooking on other side for a few second then turn out onto warm plate & cover with foil.
• Return wok to heat.
• Add cornstarch to sauce & whisk then add to wok.
• Boil sauce until thick then pour over omlette.
• A "slight" burn on the egg tastes great with the sauce but not too much.

CHINESE STYLE SHRIMP TOAST

Steps:

• Combine shrimps, water chestnuts, scallion and ginger root in medium bowl. Beat egg cornstarch, sherry, salt and sugar together in small bowl, add to shrimp mixture. Mix well. Trim crust from bread. Spread each slice with one sixth of the shrimp mixture spreading all the way to edges. Cut each slice into 4 fingers. Heat oil in 8 inch skillet to 375 degrees. Fry 4 pieces of shrimp, spread side down, 1 minute, turn. fry second side until golden about 1 minute. Drain on paper towel. Repeat with remaining pieces. Cool on wire racks. Wrap airtight in plastic wrap. Freeze up to 3 weeks. To serve heat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange shrimp toast in single layer on wire rack over baking pan. Bake until heated through 5 to 7 minutes.

CHINESE-STYLE SHRIMP SOUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, blend water smoothly with cornflour.
• Set aside.
• In a large pan, combine stock, carrot and soy sauce.
• Bring to the boil, then simmer over a medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add shrimp, cabbage, shallots and water chestnuts to stock mixture, cook for 4 minutes.
• Stir in cornflour mixtue, snow peas and sesame oil.
• Cook stirring continuously, until soup boils and thickens slightly.
• Ladle soup into 4 serving bowls.
• Serve immediately.

CHICKEN, SHRIMP AND CHINESE VEGETABLES

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the marinade and sauce by combining the ingredients listed below them. Cover and set aside.
• 2. Separately, marinate the chicken and the shrimp in two bowls for about 15 minutes.
• 3. Meanwhile prepare the noodles by boiling water in a cover-able pot, taking it off the heat, placing the noodles in water and covering while you prepare the rest of the meal. Leave it in the water.
• 4. Heat about a Tbsp of vegetable oil in a wok or large, deep frying pan over high heat. Sauté the chicken until about 80% of the way done (about 5 minutes or so.) Take out, cover and set aside.
• 5. Add shrimp and saute for about 3 minutes until about 80% of the way done and take out, cover and set aside.
• 6. Heat another Tbsp of oil in the wok or pan over high heat. Add the garlic and onion and saute for about a minute. Add the bok choy, carrots, baby corn and peas and saute for another 3-5 minutes until carrots start to become tender.
• 7. Add the chicken and shrimp back and stir fry for another 2-3 minutes until both are cooked through. Add the "sauce", stir and let thicken.
• 8. Take off heat, drain the noodles, place in wok and pan and stir.
• 9. Serve.