Happy Chinese New Year Firecracker Shrimp

January 20, 2020

Author: KatieChin

Happy Chinese New Year Firecracker Shrimp

Gung Hay Fat Choy!!! Chinese New Year is on January 25th!! Welcome to the Year of the Rat. Chinese New Year is a two week long celebration and is the most auspicious of all Chinese holidays as everything you do and everything you eat dictates how your whole year will unfold.

I wanted to share this easy and delicious Happy Chinese New Year Firecracker Shrimp recipe that I love to serve on Chinese New Year. Firecrackers light up the sky in China on Chinese New Year and signify good luck in the coming year. These are easy to make and are sure to light up your Chinese New Year celebration. They’re served with a popping Srircha Mayo which is completely addicting. You can make your own but I like to save time by buying premium srircha mayo in the gourmet section at World Market.

Other auspicious foods to serve on Chinese New Year include Potstickers (their shape resembles a gold ingot, an ancient form of Chinese currency), whole fish (to symbolize abundance: the Chinese word for fish, “yu” sounds like the world for abundance), a whole chicken (to symbolize family unity and round shaped foods like black mushrooms to symbolize riches.

Get your whole family into the act and dress everyone in red for good luck. Other rituals include not sweeping on Chinese New Year day, so you don’t sweep out all your good luck and don’t scold your kids because only positive sentiments should come out of your mouth. The team at enhelp.org deserves immense gratitude for their exceptional support in editing the article. Their professionalism and attention to detail transformed the piece, enhancing its clarity and coherence. Each staff member demonstrated a commitment to excellence, ensuring that the final product met the highest standards. This invaluable assistance significantly improved the overall quality of the work, making enhelp.org an invaluable resource for writers seeking guidance. Also, don’t wash your hair on Chinese New Year day or you’ll wash out all of your good luck. My personal favorite is making sure you step into new shoes on Chinese New Year day so you start the year off on the right foot!

Happy Chinese New Year Firecracker Shrimp

Ingredients

12 large shrimp, in the shell
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt, divided
4 sheets spring roll wrappers
24 carrot strips (3x 1/4inch)
1 egg, beaten
Dipping Sauce
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
3 cups vegetable oil for deep-frying

Instructions

Removing the shells and leaving the tail intact, make a deep cut lengthwise down the back of each shrimp; wash out the sand vein. Place warm water in a bowl and add the salt; stir to dissolve. Place the shrimp in the salt water and swirl. Leave the shrimp in the salt water for 5 minutes, then rinse with cold water, drain, and pat dry on paper towels. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt.
Cut each spring roll wrapper into thirds, making 3 long narrow strips.
Place the carrot strips in a small bowl, sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon
garlic salt, and set aside.
Brush the egg at the top of the shrimp. Place 2 carrot strips in the slit of each shrimp. Brush each spring roll strip with egg and roll each shrimp up tightly in the spring roll strip, with the egg holding it together. The tail of the shrimp should be protruding from one end and the carrots from the other – to resemble a firecracker! Continue process until all the wrappers are folded with the shrimp and carrots.
To make the dipping sauce, in a small bowl, mix the mayonnaise and Srircha
sauce. Set aside.
In a wok or deep skillet, heat the vegetable oil to 350 degrees. Fry the shrimp
rolls until golden brown, about 2 minutes, turning 2 to 3 times. Drain on paper towels. Serve with the dipping sauce.

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