Main ingredients 🥩
ShrimpPotato starchEggOnionKetchupOyster sauceSugarCooking oilScallions
Seungwoo Dad's Super Simple Chili Shrimp
A crispy chili shrimp dish where fried shrimp are tossed with stir-fried onions and a rich sauce based on ketchup and oyster sauce, without heat, to keep the crunch.
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Those who prefer a popular shrimp dish with a spicy, sweet, and sour sauce
- ⭐ Those who want to enjoy crispy chili shrimp that stays crunchy even after time passes
Ingredients needed 🛒2 servings
- Deep-fried shrimp (coated in starch) 12 pieces
- 1/4 onion
- 3 tbsp ketchup
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Some scallions
- Some cooking oil
Recipe 🍳
- In an unoiled pan, lightly sauté minced onion for 1 minute to release moisture and soften it.
- Once the onion is softened, immediately turn off the heat completely.
- With the heat off, add 3 tbsp ketchup, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, and 1 tbsp sugar, and mix evenly with the onion to make a rich sauce.
- Add the pre-fried crispy shrimp (drained on a rack) into the pan with the sauce.
- Gently toss the shrimp to coat them with the sauce, as if dipping rather than stir-frying, then garnish with scallions and serve.
- Sauté minced onion in a dry pan until softened, then turn off the heat.
- With the heat off, mix ketchup, oyster sauce, and sugar to make the chili sauce.
- Add the fried shrimp to the sauce, lightly toss, and plate.
Cooking tips 💡
- When making the sauce, using oligosaccharide syrup instead of sugar adds more moisture, making the sauce thinner and causing the batter to become soggy quickly, so sugar is recommended.
- If you heat the sauce while stir-frying the shrimp, the crunchiness of the batter will disappear, so be sure to turn off the heat and toss like a dressing to maintain the texture.