Recipe - Deep-Fried Shrimp Balls In Batter

1 pound Shrimp
One half cup Bamboo shoots
One half cup Canned button mushrooms
1 Scallion
One half teaspoon Salt
1 ds Pepper
3 dr Sesame oil; more or less
1 Egg white
1 Egg
1 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
3 teaspoon Oil
Oil for deepfrying

1. Shell and devein shrimp. Then mince, along with bamboo shoots, canned
button mushrooms and scallion. Place in a mixing bowl.

2. Blend in salt, pepper and sesame oil. Then fold in egg white. Stir in
one direction until mixture is fluffy. Then form into walnutsize balls.

3. Beat whole egg lightly. Add flour, baking powder and oil and blend to a
smooth batter. (If necessary, add water to thin slightly.) Meanwhile heat
deepfrying oil.

4. Dip shrimp balls, one at a time, in batter to coat; then carefully drop
into hot oil. Deepfry a few at a time, as in "Basic Deepfried Shrimp
Balls". Then drain on paper toweling and serve.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.