Like cat ears, shrimp chips are also a popular snack.

When some food anchors can't find the ingredients, they will buy some dried shrimp chips online.

Then boil a pot of oil and perform a cooking activity such as fried shrimp chips for the fans.

When Yu Keke talked about shrimp chips, Xu Zhuo actually wanted to buy some dried shrimp chips that looked like plastic chips online and fried them for her to eat.

But this always feels a bit perfunctory, and Xu Zhuo also wants to know how the shrimp chips are made.

Therefore, he came to the Sichuan restaurant early in the morning.

"Godfather, are the shrimp chips good to make? After Coco ate the cat ears I made yesterday, she suddenly wanted to eat shrimp chips again.

I thought that there was nothing to do in the provincial capital, so I would stay here for two more days, and by the way, I would make some shrimp chips for her, so that she would not have to worry about it all the time. ”

Wei Junming said with a smile: "Shrimp chips are not difficult to make, it just so happens that there are fresh shrimp in the store, so we can start making them now." ”

After speaking, Wei Junming told Xu Zhuo about the whole process of making shrimp chips.

The shrimp are pureed with water, potato starch and dough, cooked and dried, and then cut into thin slices to fry.

After listening, Xu Zhuo asked with some disbelief, "It's so simple?"

According to the principle that the more widely circulated, the easier it is to make, he knew that the shrimp chips should be quite simple, but he didn't expect that this thing was so simple that it was outrageous.

It can be said that even people without any cooking experience can do it well.

Even just listening to the whole process, Xu Zhuo can make shrimp chips.

No wonder shrimp chips can be spread all over the world, such a simple method is difficult to spread.

When Xu Zhuozheng sighed, Wei Junming brought a small pot of fresh river shrimp and began to peel the shrimp.

The river shrimp is full of umami and the meat is tender, and if it is used to make shrimp chips, Xu Zhuo always feels a little luxurious.

In particular, the river shrimp in front of me are all alive and large, which is considered the top among the river shrimps.

Such a good ingredient is not made into salt and pepper oil stewed in boiling oil and stir-fried, but made into shrimp chips that can be bought in any supermarket.

It's really rich and capricious!

Xu Zhuo actually wanted to change to frozen shrimp, but the taste was almost the same anyway, and the link of peeling shrimp was also omitted.

As a result, Wei Junming disagreed, saying that if you eat cocoa, you naturally have to eat the best.

Tsk, I really spoil this girl.

Xu Zhuo had no choice but to sit down, take a toothpick and start peeling the shrimp.

Remove the shrimp head, peel the shrimp shell, draw the shrimp line, and take the shrimp meat.

After four steps, a whole piece of shrimp meat is firmly placed in the bowl.

After peeling almost a large bowl of shrimp, the two stopped.

Rinse the shrimp with water and put them in a food processor with the same amount of water, two teaspoons of salt, two teaspoons of sugar, and a few slices of ginger.

Then turn on the food processor and beat the shrimp into a fine puree.

"You must add water at this step, because the shrimp will absorb water when it is pureed, and it will not be stirred at all without adding water. ”

Wei Junming patiently waited for the machine to turn while pressing the cooking machine, and at the same time explained the essentials to Xu Zhuo.

Wait until the shrimp are thoroughly pureed, pour them out and put them in a basin, ready to mix with potato starch and dough.

In fact, there is a little attention to this step, that is, when adding potato starch, it is best to put some potato flour, so that when frying, the shrimp chips will expand bigger and more beautifully.

The so-called potato flour is a powder made by drying potato slices and grinding, which retains the flavor of potatoes and is an indispensable ingredient for many cuisines.

Wei Junming added two spoonfuls of potato flour to the shrimp paste, stirred it with chopsticks a few times, and began to add potato starch to the basin again.

Keep stirring, and when the shrimp puree in the bowl is not enough to knead the dough, continue to add potato starch to it.

In this way, use a small amount of several times until the shrimp paste can be kneaded into a dough, and do not add too much at one time, otherwise it is easy to form dry and hard gnocchi.

"One thing to keep in mind when making shrimp chips is that you can only use tapioca starch or potato starch, nothing else. ”

After Wei Junming finished speaking, he kneaded the shrimp paste in the basin into a smooth dough with his hands.

Place it on a cutting board and roll it into long strips and cut it into long sections of about 20 cm with a knife.

Then boil the water, wait for the water to boil, put the long cut into the pot and boil, cook until all the long sections have floated, and then boil for about ten minutes.

"This step must be cooked thoroughly, and it is better to cook it for a while than to let the inside be raw, otherwise it will affect the taste of the shrimp chips and the taste of the finished product. ”

After Wei Junming finished speaking, he took out the long strips that had been boiled and put them in cold water to cool.

At this time, it is actually ready to eat, but if you want to make shrimp chips, you have to be a little patient.

Cool strips need to be thoroughly dried before use, and this step can be done in the refrigerator, baked in the oven at low temperature, or with a food dryer.

Of course, if you're not in a hurry, the best way is to dry it naturally.

Wei Junming put it in the dryer, anyway, Xu Zhuo was not in a hurry to go back, and this shrimp slice naturally did not need to be made in a hurry.

At noon, Xu Zhuo called Cui Yong, fat brother, Jiang Hu Dabao and others over for a meal, it was cold, everyone was chatting while eating hot pot, it was also very beautiful.

By the afternoon, the strips were thoroughly dried and ready to be sliced.

This step is not difficult, anyway, just try to cut it as thin as possible, the thinner the slices, the more perfect the fried shrimp slices.

In order to increase the variety, Xu Zhuo also cut some two-inch long filaments when slicing, and fried them to be shrimp crackers.

Cut slices and strips, continue to dry in the dryer, the less moisture, the more it will expand when frying.

After dinner, Wei Junming looked at the shrimp chips in the dryer and said, "It's already dry and ready for deep frying." ”

Yu Keke cheered when he heard it, and he didn't go back to review, but wanted to do it together.

Girls, especially girls who don't know how to cook, are particularly interested in this kind of food that expands quickly when put in a pan.

For example, Yu Coco, I often search for some videos of Indians making swelling food, and they are also called "magical Indian magic".

Now that she can finally feel the power of magic up close, how can this girl not be excited?

She even asked Zhou Wen to open the live broadcast room and broadcast the process of fried shrimp chips live to everyone.

Zhou Wen is also very interested, but your back kitchen is busy at the Sichuan Restaurant, and it is inconvenient to do a live broadcast, so I will give up.

Pour oil into the pan and add the shrimp slices when the oil temperature is 60% hot.

When the shrimp chips meet the hot oil, they expand two or three times in a matter of seconds.

When the shrimp slices are completely expanded, they must be taken out quickly to avoid frying for too long and causing the shrimp slices to become bitter and hard, which will affect the taste.

When Coco went out to eat with a basket of shrimp slices, Wei Junming suddenly looked at Xu Zhuo and asked.

"Xiao Zhuo, I see that your frying skills are good, why don't I teach you how to make spicy chicken tomorrow......?"