Crunchy Salt Shrimp with Ginger Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons sake or dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 pound (21 to 25 per lb.) shrimp in shells
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• About 1 ½ cups salad oil
• + 3 more ingredients
• • 1 teaspoon kosher or other coarse salt
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • ¼ cup slivered fresh basil leaves

1. Devein shrimp in shells by pushing a toothpick perpendicular to each shrimp through a joint on the back shell and about 1/8 inch under the vein; pull up to lift out dark vein. If it breaks, repeat at another shell joint. If using shelled shrimp, slit shrimp backs and pull out vein. Rinse shrim...

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