[Zhejiang cuisine] - Longjing shrimp

This is a traditional famous dish that reflects the beautiful temperament of the West Lake. It has a strong local color. It has elegant color, fresh and tender taste and unique flavor!Legend has it that the shrimp in Longjing is related to Emperor Qianlong. Once, when Qianlong visited Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, he wore civilian clothes and roamed the West Lake. It was Tomb Sweeping Day. When he came to Longjing tea village, it suddenly rained heavily. He had to shelter from the rain at a nearby village girl's house. The village girl was hospitable and asked him to sit down and make tea. The tea was brewed in the newly picked Longjing and the mountain spring fired by charcoal fire. Qianlong was overjoyed to drink such fragrant and mellow tea, so he wanted to take some back to taste it. But he was not willing to reveal his identity, so he grabbed a handful of it and hid it in the Dragon Robe in his civilian clothes while the village aunt was not paying attention. After the rain, I said goodbye to the village girl and continued to visit the mountains and rivers until the sunset. I was thirsty and hungry. I took a seat in a small wine shop near the West Lake and ordered several dishes, one of which was fried shrimp. After ordering the dishes, he suddenly remembered the Longjing tea he had brought, and wanted to soak it to quench his thirst. So he called the waiter and picked up his civilian clothes to take tea. When the waiter received the tea, he saw Qianlong's Dragon Robe and was startled. He hurried into the kitchen to tell the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was frying shrimp. When the emperor arrived, he was in great panic and made a mistake in his hurry. He even sprinkled the Longjing tea brought in by the waiter into the fried shrimp as green onions. However, when this dish was brought to Qianlong, it smelled delicious. After tasting it, I felt fresh and delicious. Looking at the dishes on the plate, I saw that the Longjing was green and the shrimp was white and tender. I couldn't help praising it, "good food! Good food!"

Main Ingredients

• Shrimp 1000 g

Auxiliary Ingredients

• egg white A moderate amount
• Dry starch appropriate amount
• boiling water few
• Longjing green tea 1g

A few words:When making this dish, you should master the oil temperature of fried shrimp, and be sure to lubricate it at low temperature. In the later stage of frying, no salt is added, so the shrimp should be salty when sizing. If you can buy fresh Longjing tea slices, add a few slices before cooking to make them taste better.