Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 1/4 lb Prawns or large shrimp

--------------------------MARINATE-------------------------------
2 tb Egg White
1/2 ts Salt
1 tb Cornstarch

--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
1/2 c Cornstarch
2 tb Garlic slices
2 tb Fungus
2 tb Green peas
2 tb Carrots, cooked,sliced

----------------------SEASONING SAUCE---------------------------
3 tb Sugar
3 tb Vinegar, brown
6 tb Soup stock
1/2 ts Salt
2 tb Cornstarch
1/4 ts Sesame oil
6 c Oil

Procedure:

1) Remove the head, the shell (keep the tail's shell), and de- vein
the prawns. Clean and pat dry. Split each prawn lengthwise into 1
big piece from the back down (don't cut all the way through). Then
slice crosswise into two pieces (one piece will have a tail and the
other will not). Place in bowl. Mix with the egg white, salt, and
cornstarch. Marinate for about half an hour. Coat each piece of
Prawn with cornstarch lightly.

2) Remove the skin from the garlic and cut it lengthwise into slices.
After softening the fungus, remove the stems and tear inot small
pieces. Cook the green peas until done.

3) Prepare the seasoning sauce in a bowl.

4) Heat the oil in a pan. Deep fry the prawns for about 30 seconds
until done. Remove the prawns and drain off the oil from the pan.

5) Reheat 3 tablespoons of oil in the saucepan. Stir fry the garlic
for a few seconds. Then add the fungus, carrot, and green peas. Stir
a few seconds again. Pour in the seasoning sauce and bring to boil.
Turn off heat and put the fried prawns into the sauce.
Sprinkle in 1 tablespoon of hot oil. Mix well.
Remove to a platter and serve.

Posted by [Cookie Lady] from Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book Volume II
by Fu. Pei Mei Printed by Chiu-Yu Printing Co, Ltd (1974)

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