Phoenix Tail Prawn

Ingredients

• 2 pounds headless green shrimp with shell (about 76)
• 2 tablespoons corn oil
• Oil or shortening, for deep-frying
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• 1 teaspoon potato starch
• ½ teaspoon white granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
• + 11 more ingredients
• • 1 teaspoon table salt
  • 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon potato starch
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro leaves
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion
  • ½ egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon potato starch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ½ cups cold water
  • 2 tablespoons corn oil

1. Peel and de-vein all the shrimps, saving the tail shells on 18 of them; the rest with tail shells off. Make a cross-wise cut about 1/3 deep on the belly of each of the 18 shrimps, so shrimp will not curl up after being fried. Wash all 2 pounds of shrimps, then drain and pat dry with paper towe...

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