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Chili Shrimp (Chili Saeu)

Name: Chili Shrimp (Chili Saeu)
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 40 g white shrimp; 4 g ketchup; 6 g scallion; 3 g starch; 6 g wheat flour; 10 g egg; 4 g green peas; 5 g cooking oil; 0.5 g sesame oil; 3 g chili oil; 6 g sugar; 2 g garlic; 0.2 g ginger; 2 g cheongju (Korean rice wine); 3 g vinegar

칠리새우

Side dish · Fried

Side dishesCourse

193kcal · per serving

1/5Spice

No pork

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Recipe

Chili Shrimp (Chili Saeu)

🌶 Spicy 1/5No porkContains: egg, gluten, soy, sesame, shellfish

Ingredients Tap an ingredient to check it off

Servings1

white shrimp백새우
40 g
ketchup케첩
4 g
scallion대파
6 g
starch녹말가루
3 g
wheat flour밀가루
6 g
egg달걀
10 g
green peas완두콩
4 g
cooking oil식용유
5 g
sesame oil참기름
0.5 g
chili oil고추기름
3 g
sugar설탕
6 g
garlic마늘
2 g
ginger생강
0.2 g
cheongju (Korean rice wine)청주
2 g
vinegar식초
3 g

Nutrition per serving

193kcal

16.3gCarbs

10.7gProtein

8.9gFat

159mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

Clean the shrimp and remove the moisture.
Make a batter with egg, starch, and flour and coat the shrimp.
Deep-fry the battered shrimp twice in 170C cooking oil.
Mince the scallion, garlic, and ginger.
Heat chili oil in a pan, add the ingredients from step 4 and stir-fry, then add rice wine, doubanjiang (Chinese chili bean paste), and ketchup and stir-fry, then add water and season with sugar and vinegar.
Reduce slightly, then add the fried shrimp and peas, adjust the thickness with a starch slurry, and add sesame oil at the end.

💡 TipLow-sodium chili sauce can make up for the flavor by adding spiciness with chili oil and the like.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.