easy stir-fried shrimp.

Here is another easy dish with shrimp. My mom is also very particular about gutting and cleaning the shrimp before cooking, so I've included her instructions on that as well. As always, no specific measurements since everything is "to taste"!!

(excuse the bad photo, I was too excited to eat it after)

Ingredients:

• Shrimp
• Salt
• One egg
• White pepper
• Sugar
• Corn starch
• Vegetable/cooking oil
• Chopped green onions
• Bamboo or carrots (optional)

To clean the shrimp:

1. Slice down middle, pull out the intestine.

2. In a bowl, pour salt on to shrimp and mix around to clean, then rinse twice.

3. Use paper towel to dry shrimp.

Now to prep:

1. Put a small amount of egg whites into shrimp mix (not all of it), then add a small amount of salt. (Just enough salt to cover the surface of the shrimp in the bowl).

2. Add a small amount of white pepper and sugar.

3. Add half a teaspoon of corn starch.

4. Mix together, then cover with clear plastic wrap and put into fridge for 20 minutes.

Finally, to cook:

1. Once shrimp is ready from sitting in the fridge for 20 minutes, add cooking oil to the wok. Make sure oil is ready (mom uses the point of a wooden chopstick to test if the oil is bubbling when it touches the bottom of the wok.)

2. Add shrimp and stir fry on medium to medium high heat.

3. Remove shrimp from heat once cooked and set aside in a bowl.

4. Add white pepper to shrimp.

5. Add more vegetable oil and chopped green onions to wok.

6. Add bamboo or carrots to "add color" to the dish, but it's optional.

7. Add a small amount of water, salt and sugar for the sauce/flavoring.

8. Add back shrimp once vegetables are cooked.

saucy fried fish!

I have no idea what to call this dish so I shall dub thee saucy fried fish! Super easy fish dish, and quick!

Ingredients:

• Any fish from the market, ask them to fry it for you
• Vegetable/cooking oil
• Chopped green onion
• Soy sauce
• Some kind of Chinese vinegar (see photo below)
• Sugar
• Ketchup
• Bamboo or carrots (optional)
• One tablespoon corn starch mixed with two tablespoons water

(how the fish looks fried from the market)

(the vinegar my mom used)

1. Add vegetable oil to wok on high heat.
2. Add chopped green onion to wok.

3. Add some water, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar to taste.
4. Add ketchup to taste.

5. Once sauce is boiling, add fish. Turn heat to low then cover for 5 minutes.
6. Flip fish over, cover and cook for another 5 minutes.

7. During this time, you can add bamboo or carrots to the wok. (optional)

8. After the fish is done, add more water if there isn't enough leftover sauce (depends on your personal preference.) If you add more water, make sure to readjust the sauce for taste. Add more soy sauce, vinegar and sugar as needed.
9. Add green part of your chopped green onion.

10. Slowly add a little bit of corn starch mixed with water to the sauce to thicken the sauce.
11. Serve the fish with sauce on top. Voila!