DEEP-FRIED SHRIMP BALLS IN BATTER

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Number Of Ingredients 13

1 pound shrimp
1/2 cup bamboo shoots
1/2 cup canned button mushrooms
1 scallion
1/2 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
few drops sesame oil
1 egg white
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons oils
oil for deep-frying

Steps:

  • 1. Shell and devein shrimp. Then mince, along with bamboo shoots, canned button mushrooms and scallion. Place in a mixing bowl. 2. Blend in salt, pepper and sesame oil. Then fold in egg white. Stir in one direction until mixture is fluffy. Then form into walnut-size balls.3. Beat whole egg lightly. Add flour, baking powder and oil and blend to a smooth batter. (If necessary, add water to thin slightly.) Meanwhile heat deepfrying oil. 4. Dip shrimp balls, one at a time, in batter to coat then carefully drop into hot oil. Deep-fry a few at a time, heat enough oil to float shrimp balls. (Don't crowd: allow room for stirring and for even browning.) Reduce heat to medium and deep-fry, turning shrimp balls occasionally, until golden. Remove with a slotted spoon and repeat process until mixture is used up, reheating oil each time. Then drain on paper toweling and serve. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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