Shrimp Tempura with Szechuan Sauce
Nicknamed Ebi-chili, this is a Japanese variation of a Chinese dish, shrimp in chili sauce. Rice flour makes shrimp tempura crispy and the sauce velvety. Combined together, this recipe serves a meal!
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Tempura using rice flour works well when the ingredients are dusted with a generous amount of rice flour prior to dipping into the batter.
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Asian ingredients such as Chinese chili bean sauce and sake Japanese rice wine can be purchased online or at Asian grocery stores.
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All rice flour is naturally gluten-free. Make this dish completely gluten-free by using gluten-free substitutes for other ingredients as needed.
4 servings
Ingredients
For the batter
| 1⅓ cups (220g) | rice flour |
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| 2 | eggs |
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| 1⅔ cups (400ml) | water |
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| 16 pieces | prawns, deveined and tail-on |
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| Additional rice flour for dusting | |
| Vegetable oil for deep frying | |
For the sauce
| 1 teaspoon (5ml) | vegetable oil |
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| ½ (80g) | onion, minced (about ½ cup) |
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| 2 (100g) | celery stalks, minced (about ½ cup) |
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| 1 teaspoon (5g) | garlic, minced |
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| 1 teaspoon (5g) | ginger, minced |
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| 1 tablespoon (18g) | chili bean sauce or toban djan |
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| ¼ cup (67g) | ketchup |
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| 1 cup (225ml) | chicken broth |
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| 1½ tablespoons (22ml) | sake Japanese rice wine |
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| 1¾ tablespoons (22g) | sugar |
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| 1 tablespoon (10g) | rice flour |
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| 1 tablespoon (15ml) | water |
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| Lettuce as needed | |
Directions
For the batter
In a bowl, combine rice flour, eggs, and water. Mix well.
Dust the prawns with a generous amount of rice flour.
Dredge the prawns into the batter, and deep fry at 340°F (170°C) for 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
For the sauce
Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet, and sauté onions, celery, garlic and ginger.
Add chili bean sauce, ketchup, chicken broth, sake, and sugar and boil.
Combine rice flour and water in a small bowl. Mix into the sauce. Simmer over medium heat. When it comes to a boil, turn off the heat.
Add shrimp tempura into the sauce and mix gently.
Serve with lettuce and other vegetables on the side.
- This recipe uses US customary units. Measurement equivalents include: 1 teaspoon = 5ml, 1 tablespoon = 15ml, and 1 US cup = 237ml or 8fl oz. (1 metric cup = 250ml or 8.5fl oz.)
- The cooking time using microwave oven in this recipe is based on 1,000W in the US.
- The temperature and baking time may be different depending on the oven used. Please adjust accordingly.
- All rice flour is naturally gluten-free. Make this dish completely gluten-free by using gluten-free substitutes for other ingredients as needed.