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Shrimp with Lobster Sauce

Serves 4 as part of a Chinese meal.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 20 shrimp (decent size - may be done with sliced catfish)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup oil
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • Tablespoons dry sherry (or bourbon)
  • pinch white pepper (freshly ground)
  • 2 teaspoons fermented black beans (rinsed and chopped)
  • 2 to 3 scallions (chopped)
  • 1 cup chicken stock (rich)
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons garlic (finely minced)
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch (dissolved in 3 Tablespoons cold chicken stock)
  • ¼ pound meat (ground pork or turkeyt - not too lean)
  • 1 Tablespoon light soy (or fish sauce)
  • 2 egg (lightly beaten)

Instructions

  • Pick over black beans, remove all possible small pebbles.
  • Clean and shell the shrimps, rinsing under cold water. Pat dry.
  • Add oil to wok or large skillet. Add shrimps and stir fry for about a minute (till pink). Stir in sherry. Stir and keep in bowl, below, with soy sauce, etc.
  • Have pork (or turkey) ready. In a small bowl combine garlic and black beans. In another small, warm bowl combine soy or fish sauce, salt, sugar, scallions, and the cooked shrimps.
  • Add oil to remaining oil in pan to equal about 2 Tbsp. Heat, add garlic and black beans—smell that aroma!—stir a few seconds and add pork. Stir fry, breaking up meat till it’s lost all pinkness.
  • Add soy and shrimps. Pour in stock, bring to boil.
  • Stir the cornstarch to mix well, add to wok, and stir till the dish pretty quickly thickens and becomes clear. Turn heat to moderate simmer stirring, pour in eggs in a stream, moving mixture around with stirrer so eggs become fully incorporated with dish. Scoop onto a warm platter and serve with lots of white or jasmine rice—not brown.