When sorting out information from the past year, I accidentally found photos of my former work partners. I couldn't help but think of a time when I first started working, when I went out to eat with my boss and colleagues. The boss was Belgian and liked to eat Chinese food, especially Chinese food.

One of the special dishes is "Desert Wind and Sand Shrimp". When you hear the name, you will have the feeling of "in the wind and sand of the desert, beside the rain and snow of the Great Wall", the boundless wind and sand in the northwest, the soldiers outside the fortress, the light of swords and the shadow of swords...

The golden and crispy prawns are buried in the golden desert, especially the crispy little grains of sand. You can eat them in your mouth and let them collide happily between your teeth.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye. The restaurant where we had dinner has been demolished and rebuilt for another use, and the memories of our old colleagues only remain in the photos.

Later, I learned that the "Desert Sand" dish is a specialty of Dunhuang, including "Desert Sand Chicken", "Desert Sand Pigeon", "Desert Sand Rabbit", "Desert Sand Fish" and so on.

In the south, another name for "desert sand shrimp" is the Cantonese dish "typhoon shelter fried shrimp". It is said that fishermen along the coast of Guangdong have no choice but to go to a typhoon shelter to escape the waves if they encounter strong winds and waves while fishing.

During this period when they could not make a living, the fishermen had no choice but to use the freshly caught seafood to cook delicacies on site, which is the origin of typhoon shelter cuisine.

At home, in addition to braised prawns, braised prawns, brine prawns, spicy prawns and other different ways to cook prawns, if you like cooking, you might as well try the desert sand prawns. If you are interested, try it together.

Try it ~ Ingredients: 15 prawns, ginger, garlic Seasoning: cooking wine, light soy sauce, bread crumbs, pepper noodles, salt Preparation method: Step 1: Clean the prawns.

After cleaning the prawns, cut off the prawn heads, tentacles, legs, and tails. Then cut open the third-to-last joint of the prawn body. Use a toothpick to pick out the shrimp threads. After all the prawns have been cleaned, cut off the prawns again.

Rinse clean with clean water.

Step 2: Marinate the prawns.

Cut the ginger into slices and put it into a shrimp bowl, then pour in a little cooking wine, light soy sauce, and salt, stir evenly with the prawns, and let the prawns marinate for 15 minutes.

Step 3: While the prawns are marinating, mince the garlic and place it in a bowl for later use.

Step 4: Fry the prawns.

Put a pot on the fire and pour oil into the pot. The amount of oil should be more than usual for cooking. Use a kitchen towel to wipe the moisture from the skin of the marinated prawns. When the oil is 50% hot, add it to the pot.

Fry on medium until both sides are golden brown and ready to serve.

Step 5: Fry the sand.

Put another pot on the fire, pour oil into the pot, when the oil is hot, add minced garlic, stir-fry evenly with a spatula, when the garlic is fragrant, add a bowl of bread crumbs, then add a little peppercorns and salt, continue to use the spatula

Stir fry.

Step 6: Fry until the bread crumbs turn golden brown, add the previously fried prawns, quickly stir-fry evenly with a spatula, remove from the pan and serve on a plate.

In this way, the beautiful and delicious desert shrimps are ready.

1: Before frying the shrimp, in order to make the shrimp taste crispier, you can pat a little starch on the surface of the shrimp and then fry it in oil.

2: The minced garlic must be cut into fine granules with a knife. Do not pound it into minced garlic with a garlic pounder. Moreover, it is best to use more garlic granules so that when fried with bread crumbs, the "desert wind and sand" effect can be reflected.

It feels and tastes fresh and crispy.

3: When frying minced garlic and bread crumbs, be sure to use low heat. If the heat is too high, it will easily burn and taste bitter.

Desert Sand Shrimp, each prawn is buried in golden bread crumbs, just like being blown by sand in the desert. The prawns taste crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the golden sand is also crispy and fragrant.

If you like it, you might as well give it a try!

The daily supply of firewood, rice, oil and salt has made us no longer have the same feeling as if we first met the trivial and complicated cooking chores, but nevertheless, "regardless of gains and losses, completely selfless, and enjoy it" is still our unremitting pursuit every day.