DEEP-FRIED SWEET-AND-PUNGENT LOBSTER

Deep-Fried Sweet-and-Pungent Lobster image

Number Of Ingredients 8

Sweet-and-Pungent Sauce I or any other sweet-and-pungent sauce
1 pound lobster, meat
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 egg
flour
oil for deep-frying

Steps:

1. Prepare a sweet-and-pungent sauce (search for "Category: Sweet-and-Pungent Sauces"). 2. Clean and shell lobster. Cut meat in 1/2-inch cubes and sprinkle lightly with salt. 3. Combine sugar and soy sauce then add to lobster cubes and toss gently. Let stand 15 minutes, turning occasionally. Drain, discarding marinade. 4. Beat egg lightly. Dip lobster cubes in egg then dredge in flour. 5. Deep-fry as in Basic Deep-fried Lobster and drain on paper toweling. 6. Reheat sweet-and-pungent sauce. Pour over lobster and serve. VARIATIONS: * For the marinade in step 3, substitute 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon soy sauce. * Omit step 4 and coat the cubes instead with the batter (or its variations) given in Basic Deep-fried Lobster. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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