Hunan Spicy Crayfish

About Hunan Spicy Crayfish - Hunan Cuisine

Hunan style shrimp is a classic traditional dish of Hunan and a representative work of Hunan cuisine. Hot and sour, fragrant and carefully processed, it is famous for stewing, boiling, steaming and stir-frying. (Kǒuwèi Xiā) is widely popular in local families and restaurants.

Ingredients

• Crayfish 500g
• Shrimp 500g
• Appropriate amount of cooking oil
• Salt as appropriate
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• Onion, ginger and garlic appropriate amount
• Cooking wine 1 spoon

Instructions

1. 1. Heat oil in a pot and sauté minced garlic and chili until fragrant
2. 2. Add Hunan style shrimp and stir-fry over high heat until it changes color.
3. 3. Add shrimp, onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until cooked
4. 4. Add chopped chili and soy sauce to taste and stir-fry quickly over high heat
5. 5. Pour in the cooking wine to remove the fishy smell and reduce the juice over high heat.
6. 6. Remove from the pan and serve on a plate

Cultural Notes

Hunan style shrimp embodies the culinary essence of Hunan cuisine. Hunan cuisine is one of the eight major cuisines in China and is famous for its hot and sour taste. Hunan cuisine pays attention to the freshness of ingredients and fine knife skills. Fish head with peeled pepper, Mapo tofu, and braised pork are all classic representatives of Hunan cuisine. In Hunan, people are very particular about the selection of ingredients and the control of heat. Hunan-flavored shrimp is the epitome of this ingenuity.