Speaking of Longjing shrimp, this dish actually has an allusion: According to legend, Emperor Qianlong visited a tea farmer in Hangzhou incognito and asked for tea. He liked the taste of this kind of tea so much that he secretly grabbed a handful of tea in his hand when he left. Later, I went to a restaurant in the city for dinner and asked the bartender to soak the West Lake Longjing he brought. At this time, the careful bartender accidentally saw the dragon pattern leaking from a corner of Gan Long's clothes, and immediately went to the kitchen to report to the boss. At this time, the boss who was cooking mistook the bartender's tea for chopped green onion and put it in the dish. Unexpectedly, Gan Long ate this Longjing shrimp and praised it. This dish has also become a particularly famous specialty in Hangzhou!
Let's talk about the specific practice of Longjing shrimp:
Ingredients: ten fresh shrimps, Longjing tea, starch, warm water and yellow wine.
1. Shell the soaked fresh shrimp and remove the shrimp line;
Pay attention to the tail of the shrimp shell when you go to the shrimp line. After prying it open, gently pull it out. In order to make the food look better, the shrimp line must be cleaned!
2. Rinse the shrimps from the shrimp line with clear water until the shrimps turn white;
This step is to marinate the shrimp. This step is crucial and affects the taste of the whole dish. Mash onion and ginger, pat out juice, soak in yellow wine, then put shrimp into yellow wine and stir, add a little starch. Then marinate the shrimp in a bowl for an hour.
Another key work is to soak Longjing tea, and don't use boiled water, because too hot water will deform the tea leaves and affect their appearance. Soak for a minute, then leave some beautiful tea leaves and tea juice.
5, stir-fry shrimp, stir-fry shrimp, do not use overheated oil temperature, otherwise it will affect the color of shrimp, stir-fry to reddish.
6, put the tea in, add a little yellow wine, stir fry gently and you can go out!
Then a pot of delicious and beautiful Longjing shrimp is ready, isn't it simple?