Remember I told you that Nate gave me a LOT of szechuan pepper? Well, he also e-mailed me a recipe for szechuan pepper & salt shrimp. I sort of deviated from it and came up with this.I also want to apologize to the cashier at the market. I thought I had put only 10 shrimp into my plastic bag, and you charged me for 10...When I came home and cleaned the shrimp, I had 12. Oops...Sorry!
Szechuan Pepper & Salt Shrimp Serves 2
12 shrimp, deveined, rinsed, dried
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon Szechuan pepper
1/4 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice
2 teaspoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons olive oil
After cleaning the shrimp, dry well, you may have to dry them twice.
Grind the salt, pepper with a mortar and pestle or if you have a spice mill, whiz it.
In a ziploc bag, add the the dried shrimp, cornstarch and half of the salt, pepper and 5-spice.
Put the oil into a pan and heat.
With your hand, take some cornstarch and sprinkle it over the oil. If it bubbles, the oil is hot enough.
Add the shrimp and cook for a total of 1 or 2 minutes, turning the shrimp on all sides.
When the shrimp is cooked, take out from pan and sprinkle the rest of the salt mixture.
Enjoy!
NOTES: The cornstarch adds a light "crust" to the shrimp and hot out of the pan is the best way to eat this...make sure to have some rice and beer on the side!
Thanks again Nate for the pepper and recipe!
16 comments:
Sure looks ONO!
It was Nate, I hope you give it a try!
Take care and thanks again!
Kat
I like my shrimp in the shell, heads on. And if crispy enought I eat everything! Love to eat with my daughter when we go out. She doesn't like the heads so gives them all to me. Though she does eat the shells from the body.
The market had them with the heads off already! I usually eat the tails if they are fried crispy.
Love shrimp, and anything salty and spicy, those look fantastic! Will definitely try the recipe. I took like with the shells on the best!
The dish looks great Kat! It's too bad I can't eat or touch shellfish anymore. More for all the people who can eat these types of food. Enjoy them for me!
looks yummy!
No prob, TM! I hope you try this with the shells on!
Oh no, Laura, that is a shame. I think you could use the salt/pepper combo on pork chops too.
Thank you Lina.
Take care everyone.
Kat
Looks delicious Kat!
Thanks Jenndz! I hope you get a chance to try this.
Take care.
Kat
I'm looking forward to trying this. Shrimp are plentiful and affordable in Australia but are called prawns.
I hope you like it, Barbara!
Take care.
Kat
the shrimps looks yummy, with hot rice im sure its perfect..hehehe
Thanks Dhanggit, sometimes anything with hot rice will hit the spot :)
Take care.
Kat
when do you use the cornstarch? do you coat the shrimp before you put it into the ziplock?
Sorry Anon, add the cornstarch to the ziploc, I'll revise the recipe. By adding the seasoning and shrimp to the ziploc you won't get your hands dirty.
Take care.
Kat
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