Tasting Huaiyang Cuisine along the Canal in Huai'an: Baipao Shrimp, Crispy and Fresh

Only shrimps from Hongze Lake, located in the southwest of Huai'an, can be used to cook this dish due to their premium quality. A crucial step before squeezing them out of the shells is to feed shrimps with ginger juice which would make it easier to take the shrimps out. 

Baipao Shrimp [Photo by Zhufeng]

Then, cooks will wash the shrimp and put them into refrigerators to cool for one to two hours, which would bring better taste.

Baipao Shrimp [Photo by Zhufeng]

Shrimps shall be fried in oil at about 100 degrees for a short time. In this process, only starch sauce and salt are needed to retain the natural favor of shrimps to the largest extent. 

Baipao Shrimp has purely white appearance, tasting fresh and tender. Every bite of the shrimps is part of a memory that will stay in your mind for a long time.