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What's for Dinner: Shrimp with Fried Garlic and Chile
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Shrimp with Fried Garlic and Chile
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Shrimp with Fried Garlic and Chile
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You have to love a recipe that calls for just a handful of ingredients, and takes more time to clean up after than to prepare. And if it also happens to includes seafood? All the better.
The simple stir-fry calls for leaving the shrimp in their shells, but no way my daughter Catherine was going to eat something with "so many tiny little legs!" So I peeled them (though I left on the tails to provide a "handle" for eating).
This is a pretty garlicky dish, so it's probably not the best choice for date night. Unless, of course, you're feeding your teenager's boy/girl friend. Then it's absolutely perfect.
1 pound shrimp, in their shells (I used jumbo)
1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine (shaoxing) or dry sherry
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups thinly sliced iceberg or romaine lettuce
1/4 cup minced garlic
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 to 2 tablespoons minced fresh chile (preferably red), such as Fresno or jalapeno
With scissors or a small sharp knife, cut through shell of shrimp along center of the back and make a slit about 1/2-inch deep into the flesh. Lift out and discard dark back vein, if present. Rinse shrimp and drain well.
In a small bowl, mix shrimp with wine and salt. Line serving dish with lettuce.
In 14-inch wok or 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium heat, stir garlic with oil just until it begins to turn gold, about 2 minutes. Stir in chile and remove from heat. Pour mixture into a fine strainer set over a bowl.
Return pan to high heat. When pan is hot, return strained oil to pan. Add shrimp and stir-fry until pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to lettuce-lined dish. Sprinkle evenly with garlic-chile mixture.
Serves 3 to 4.
-- "The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food from around the World" by Linda Lau Anusasananan (University of California Press, Oct. 2012, $39.95)
First Published November 14, 2012 12:00 am
