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Quick & Easy Longjing Shrimp Recipe for Beginners

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Quick & Easy Longjing Shrimp Recipe for Beginners

Quick & Easy Longjing Shrimp Recipe for Beginners

Dragon shrimp chinese is the most famous, while longjing tea shrimp in Hangzhou is the most popular. It is mainly made of fresh West Lake shrimps with longjing tea sprouts around the Qingming Festival. The shrimps are white and tender; Longjing green tea is emerald green and fragrant, with elegant color and unique taste. It is very refreshing and appetizing, and it is very memorable after eating. It is a unique dish in Hangzhou cuisine.

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Why longjing shrimp  is suitable for beginners?

The combination of fresh shrimp and the aroma of Longjing tea is light and healthy, and it is a restaurant-quality dish with a short preparation time. This recipe is very suitable for beginners - it can be prepared in 20 minutes and requires very few ingredients. You only need fresh shrimp white shrimp and Penaeus monodon , Longjing tea, seasonings, and finally prepare some ingredients (green beans, carrot cubes) to add color and make the food look better.

How to peel and clean shrimp

1: Steps to peel shrimp manually: pinch the lower legs of the shrimp, then use your thumb to pry the shell open along the softer part of the shrimp shell, pull the shell down, and the shell is removed. Finally, use scissors to cut the shrimp skin along the hardest part of the top of the shrimp, and finally tear the shrimp skin.

The advantage of peeling shrimp manually is that it is convenient for one person to eat, and the clean shrimp will be cleaner. The disadvantage is that it is easy to get hurt, and the shrimp needs to be peeled manually, which is a waste of time

2: OrangeMech’s Shrimp Peeler is a fully automatic shrimp peeling machine that integrates cleaning, peeling, deveining, and collection. Its advantages are:

◉ Suitable for seafood and catering industries to meet the supply of large quantities of clean shrimp

◉ The size of the shrimp will not be affected by peeling, and it is highly flexible

◉ Reduce labor. Now the labor cost is too high, it is very suitable to choose this OrangeMech’s Shrimp Peeler

◉ The cleaning and maintenance of OrangeMech’s Shrimp Peeler is super simple and convenient, which improves work efficiency

Details of the peeling machine

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Tea processing

Longjing tea should be selected from fresh tea of the season. Tea picked before Qingming Festival and after the rain is of the best quality. The aroma and flavor of the tea are the strongest, which adds flavor to the longjing tea shrimp. Longjing tea leaves are soaked at 85-90 degrees for about 1 minute, and a small amount of tea leaves are decanted. The remaining tea leaves and tea juice are reserved.

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How to marinate shrimp

The marinating technique of shrimp directly affects the final taste.

◉After washing the shrimp, be sure to repeatedly stir and wash it in clean water until the shrimp is white and clean, and drain the water on the surface.

◉Soak it in crushed scallion, ginger and rice wine for a few minutes.

◉Put the shrimp after draining into a bowl, add rice wine and stir until it becomes stringy, then add water starch and let it stand for 30 minutes to taste. The longer the standing time, the better the taste. The waiting time depends on your own time.

Cooking steps

◉ Heat the pan with cold oil, stir-fry the shrimp at low temperature, heat the oil to 70%, put the shrimp in and stir, and quickly remove. Overcooking will affect the taste of the shrimp.


◉ Leave a small amount of oil in the pan, pour in the shrimp, and quickly add tea leaves and tea soup to enhance the freshness and fragrance.


◉ Stir-fry quickly to avoid overcooking (keep the shrimp tender and smooth)


◉ Thicken with thin starch. You can add salt water starch to thicken the sauce according to your personal taste and pour it on the shrimp. Finally, turn off the heat and drip a little sesame oil before going abroad to increase the aroma, and finally stir evenly

FAQs & Troubleshooting

1
Why are shrimps hard?
When cooking Longjing shrimp, the heat is too high. When the oil temperature is 70% hot, put the shrimps in and stir-fry them. Remove from the pan quickly to prevent the shrimps from being overcooked.
2
Can tea be replaced?
Other green teas or scented teas can be used as substitutes, such as Biluochun, West Lake Longjing, Lushan Yunwu, jasmine tea, etc.
3
How to make shrimps more flavorful?
When marinating shrimps, you can add appropriate amounts of salt, egg whites and rice wine. The longer the soaking time, the more flavorful it will be.

Summary

Longjing shrimp is rich in collagen, delicious, nutritious and has therapeutic effects. Longjing shrimp can help people protect cardiovascular system, lower cholesterol and blood lipids, prevent high blood pressure, slow down aging and improve immunity. It is more suitable for entertaining guests, and the preparation method is simple, fast and healthy.


If you are a food novice and have never been exposed to cooking, then I hope you can try to make this fresh, delicious and healthy longjing shrimp. If you are a restaurant, then I hope you can study a unique Longjing shrimp recipe for your restaurant. Of course, if you have ideas about the need to peel shrimp and want to increase the efficiency of peeling, then hurry up and contact us, we will develop a shrimp peeling solution suitable for you!

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