Cashew Shrimp in brown sauce
Ingredients
12 oz. shelled shrimps
seasoning ingredients
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tbs. wine
1 tbs. egg white
1 tbs. corn starch
oil for deep frying
condiment ingredients
3 dried long red chillies cut into sections
10 lengths scallion
1 green bell pepper cut into bite size pieces (you can leave out the green pepper if you dont like vege or just pick them out later
1/2 cup deep fried cashews (you can buy ready fried cashew or deep fry your own raw cashew in medium hot oil)
sauce ingredients, mix together the follow ingredients and set aside
1-1/2 tbs. water
1-1/2 tbs. dark soy sauce
1/2 tbs. wine
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp. vinegar
1 tsp.corn starch
Preparation
Wash and dry shrimps with paper towel
add seasoning ingredients to the shrimps and mix well
heat oil and fry shrimps for a few seconds in hot oil till just turned pink, lift out and drain excess oil
heat 2 tbs. oil to wok
stir fry the condiment ingredients in the hot oil, add green pepper, stir, add cooked shrimps, sauce ingredients, stir fry very quickly in high heat for a few seconds, add the cashews, stir fry for a few seconds more. Done!
When stir frying, we talk seconds because we use very high heat. It is important to use a chinese wok with round bottom for stir frying. The ingredients concentrates in the middle and bottom of the wok, the hottest part, all the time. If you do not have a wok, use a deep saucepan, do not use a shallow fry pan.