Salted Egg Fried Shrimp (Jīnshā Xiā / 金沙蝦)

Name: Salted Egg Fried Shrimp (Jīnshā Xiā / 金沙蝦)
Yield: 4 to 6
Cuisine: Asia, Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: ⅔ cup, cornstarch; ⅓ cup, all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon, baking powder; 1 pound jumbo, shrimp (16 to 20 per pound), peeled and deveined; 1 teaspoon, michiu (Taiwanese rice wine); ¾ teaspoon, table salt, divided; ⅛ teaspoon, white pepper; 6 salted duck, egg yolks (3 ounces); 2 quarts, peanut oil for frying; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 , scallions, sliced thin; 1 teaspoon, sugar; ¼ teaspoon, monosodium glutamate (optional)

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What happens when you coat fried food with crumbled, salted egg yolk? Savoriness like you’ve never experienced.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME1 hour, plus 30 minutes resting

Salted Egg Fried Shrimp (Jīnshā Xiā / 金沙蝦)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Salted egg yolks could be the catalyst for such exceptionally tasty fried foods. In Chinese, the method of frying with salted egg yolk is called 金沙, meaning “golden sand.” As the hardened yolks get crumbled and sautéed in a hot wok with but...

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