Mantis Shrimp Recipe Salt And Pepper Style
When it’s the season for mantis shrimp again, we should find a great mantis shrimp recipe for us to cook the delicious mantis shrimp. Cooking mantis shrimp is not difficult to work if you follow our steps.
What Is Mantis Shrimp?
Mantis shrimps (also called stomatopods, Chinese name is 皮皮虾 Pi Pi Xia. It still has many Chinese names like 虾爬子、爬虾、虾虎、虾婆、濑尿虾、富贵虾、琵琶虾、蚕虾) belong to phylum Arthropoda, crustacea, stomatopods, mantis shrimps in taxonomy. It is widely distributed in China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asian country’s coastal areas. The flesh of mantis shrimps is very delicious, and high in protein, and contains more moisture. The meat tastes fresh, sweet and tender, light and soft, and has a special attractive umami taste. Its protein content is as high as 20%, fat 0.7%, and vitamin, inosine acid, amino propionic acid.
Mantis Shrimp
Chinese mantis shrimp recipes have sauce fragrant mantis shrimp, brine mantis shrimp, salt and pepper mantis shrimp (our recipe today), spicy stir-fried mantis shrimp, marinated mantis shrimp, steamed mantis shrimps, etc. It is hard to say that which one is the best way to cook mantis shrimp. It depends on our flavor. But we think it will be a new taste if you didn’t try this before. If you like to watch the detailed guide video for this mantis shrimp dish, you can watch it below.
How To Make Mantis Shrimp Recipe
Step 1: Prepare Mantis Shrimp
Firstly, we should prepare 1 kg mantis shrimps. Then cut the clamp, feelers, and tail spikes of mantis shrimp. It can help us to prevent sticking our tongue while eating mantis shrimp. Then save them for later. Please be careful when we catch the mantis shrimp that is easy to prick our finger.
Prepare Mantis Shrimp
Step 2: Marinate Mantis Shrimp
After that, we should marinate mantis shrimps. Firstly, add 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 1 tablespoon chili sauce into the pot. Stir them evenly. Then add mantis shrimps into the pot. Stir them evenly. Then marinate mantis shrimps for 10 minutes. Please don’t use your hand to stir the mantis shrimp. Using chopsticks is a good choice to do that. If you want the mantis shrimps to be more taste, you can marinate them more times.
Marinate Mantis Shrimp
Step 3: Prepare Other Ingredients
When the mantis shrimps are marinating, we should prepare other ingredients for this food. Cut 2 cloves of garlic, save them for later. Cut 1 red pepper, save it for later. Cut 1 green pepper, save it for later.
Prepare Other Ingredients
Step 4: Fry Mantis Shrimp
Next, we should fry mantis shrimps. Firstly, drain the mantis shrimps and save them for later. Please try your best to remove the water from the mantis shrimps. It can prevent oil splashes when we put the mantis shrimps into the hot oil. Then add enough sunflower oil into the pan. Use the big fire to heat it. When we put the chopsticks into the oil if we can see the oil bubbling up to the top that means the heat is enough to fry the mantis shrimps. Then we add the drained mantis shrimps into the pan. Fry them to be crisp. If you use the gas cooker, it will take about 3 minutes. If you use an induction cooker, it will take about 6 minutes. We should fry them carefully and use the pan cover to prevent the oil to spatter. After that, drain and save them for later. If you can’t understand this step, you can click the “watch explanation” button to see the detailed explanation.
Fry Mantis Shrimp
Step 5: Cook Mantis Shrimp
Now we can start to cook mantis shrimps. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil into the pan. Use the big fire to heat it. Then add garlic, peppers into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add 1 teaspoon cooking wine into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add the fried mantis shrimps into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add 1 teaspoon salt and pepper into the pan. Stir them evenly.
Cook Mantis Shrimp
Then we got the delicious salt and pepper mantis shrimp. If you hate the taste of steamed mantis shrimps, we think this dish is the best style to replace. If you taste the mantis shrimp cooked, you will find that it is unique, crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside. Hope you can try it at home.
Salt And Pepper Mantis Shrimp Recipe
FAQ About Mantis Shrimp Recipe
Is Mantis Shrimp Good To Eat?
Mantis shrimp is a kind of nutritious seafood with a fresh juice and tender meat. Its meat contains more moisture and tastes fresh sweet tender smooth, light, and soft. It also has a special attractive umami taste. Spring is the season of mantis shrimp that it has a creamy brain, and its meat is very tender and delicious. It is a pity that the mantis shrimp don’t have much meat which means we should buy more to cook.
How Do You Prepare Mantis Shrimp?
It is very easy to prepare the mantis shrimp that we just need to cut the clamp, feelers, and tail spikes of mantis shrimp. It can help us to prevent sticking our tongue while eating mantis shrimp. But we should be careful when we catch the mantis shrimp that is easy to prick our finger.
Do Mantis Shrimp Taste Like Lobster?
The taste of the lobster is similar to that of a mantis shrimp rather than the typical shrimp taste. But lobster is more expensive than mantis shrimp.
That’s our mantis shrimp recipe for you today. Mantis shrimp cooked is not difficult work. But how to cook it delicious will be a bit difficult. But if you follow our mantis shrimp Chinese style guide, you will find the best way to cook it. If you have any problem with cooking mantis shrimp, please let me know.
Mantis Shrimp Recipe: Salt And Pepper Style
Equipment(affiliate link)
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 1 kg mantis shrimps buy it on local market
- 1 tablespoon cooking wine marinate mantis shrimp
- 1 tablespoon chili sauce marinate mantis shrimp
- 1 cloves of garlic
- 1 red pepper
- 1 green pepper
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 1 teaspoon cooking wine
- 1 teaspoon salt and pepper
Instructions
- Firstly, we should prepare 1 kg mantis shrimps. Then cut the clamp, feelers, and tail spikes of mantis shrimp. It can help us to prevent sticking our tongue while eating mantis shrimp. Then save them for later.
- After that, we should marinate mantis shrimps. Firstly, add 1 tablespoon cooking wine, 1 tablespoon chili sauce into the pot. Stir them evenly. Then add mantis shrimps into the pot. Stir them evenly. Then marinate mantis shrimps for 10 minutes.
- When the mantis shrimps are marinating, we should prepare other ingredients for this food. Cut 2 cloves of garlic, save them for later. Cut 1 red pepper, save it for later. Cut 1 green pepper, save it for later.
- Next, we should fry mantis shrimps. Firstly, drain the mantis shrimps and save them for later. Then add enough sunflower oil into the pan. Use the big fire to heat it. When we put the chopsticks into the oil if we can see the oil bubbling up to the top that means the heat is enough to fry the mantis shrimps. Then we add the drained mantis shrimps into the pan. Fry them to be crisp. If you use the gas cooker, it will take about 3 minutes. If you use an induction cooker, it will take about 6 minutes. We should fry them carefully and use the pan cover to prevent the oil to spatter. After that, drain and save them for later.
- Now we can start to cook mantis shrimps. Add 1 tablespoon peanut oil into the pan. Use the big fire to heat it. Then add garlic, peppers into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add 1 teaspoon cooking wine into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add the fried mantis shrimps into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then add 1 teaspoon salt and pepper into the pan. Stir them evenly. Then we got the delicious salt and pepper mantis shrimp.
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