Taste of Asia @ Home - Salt & Pepper Jumbo Shrimp

Perfect dish to use as an upscale Holiday Appetizer or Main Dish. For the flash frying demo please see the Jumbo Prawns with Ginger and Green Onions clip. The seasoning salt mixture is simple and don't forget to suck the seasoning off of the shell before peeling to eat! You have to just go for it! This dish is great to share with friends and don't forget the cocktails, Merry Xmas to all my subscribers and viewers!

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• Chinese Cooking
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[jui49]

After you dust the seafood with the dry cornstarch the flash frying gives the outside a little bit of a crispy coating which the seasoning sticks to. I also believe it sears the moistness in. I have seen some chefs who use slow heat and slowly pan fry these, but I prefer this method. You can try both ways and then see which one you prefer. Thanks for the question and for watcing

[NattHrafn]

@jui49 This was one of the first dishes i was taught by my former father in law. Although he was using rice flour and a bit of egg.

Btw do you have any techniques you can demonstrate in another video on how to achieve crispy duck at home (like restaurants get it)?

[jui49]

Duck, I luv duck!! You use a simmering mixture of 2 cups water, quarter cup honey, quarter cup vinegar, 2 tbsp tomato color. Ladle that over the duck for about 5 min, then hang for 4 or 5 hrs. before roasting. They are so expensive in the grocery store and hard to do at home, so I just buy mine. From $15 to $20 for a whole duck depending where you live in U.S. I used to be pretty good making them in commercial kitchens where we used gas fired ovens where you could hang 8 ducks or more, Cheers!!

[andyjack33]

Merry Christmas to you.

Thanks for all your help & the great videos.

[NattHrafn]

@jui49 Yeah that's usually the challenge at home. Normal household gas ranges are usually 10-15 000 BTU outputs, and restaurants have 85 - 130 000 BTU. I have a outdoor wok burner that i use in summer though with 130 000 BTU, if that should successfully crispy up my duck without having the neighborhood calling the fire men. It's great that you roast them, many commercial kitchens oil fry them here which is not really that healthy.

[cory8791]

why flash fry it first?