CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
Seafood, Meats, Eggs |
Chinese |
Seafood |
4 |
Servings |
INGREDIENTS
|
|
Sweet-and-pungent sauce |
1 |
lb |
Lump crabmeat (up to) |
3 |
|
Scallion stalks |
1/4 |
lb |
Fresh mushrooms |
1 1/2 |
tb |
Oyster sauce |
1 |
tb |
Sherry |
1/2 |
ts |
Salt |
1 |
ds |
Pepper |
1 |
|
Egg |
|
|
Cornstarch |
|
|
Oil for deep-frying |
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Prepare a sweet-and-pungent sauce (see recipes for "Sweet-and-Pungent"
sauces).
2. Pick over crabmeat; then mince, together with scallions. Chop mushrooms
coarsely and add. Blend in oyster sauce, sherry, salt and pepper. Shape
mixture into walnut-size balls.
3. Beat egg. Dip crabmeat balls in egg; then dredge lightly in cornstarch.
4. Heat oil. Add crabmeat balls, a few at a time, and deep-fry until
golden. Drain on paper toweling.
5. Reheat sweet-and-pungent sauce. Stir in crabmeat balls only to reheat.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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