Longjing prawns, also known as shrimp stir-fried with Dragon Well tea, is a specialty of
Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
City,
Zhejiang
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Province, produced using the meat of live
river prawns coated with egg white and moistened starch, fried in
lard
Lard is a Quasi-solid, semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering (animal products), rendering the adipose tissue, fatty tissue of a domestic pig, pig. at a medium-low temperature for 15 seconds, removed from the oil and drained when jade-white in colour, and then quickly stir-fried over extreme heat with boiling water infused with
Longjing tea
Longjing tea (; Standard Mandarin pronunciation ), sometimes called by its literal translated name Dragon Well tea, is a variety of pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing, Hangzhou, Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China ...
, tea leaves and
Shaoxing wine
Shaoxing wine (alternatively spelled ''Shaohsing'', ''Hsiaohsing'', or ''Shaoshing'') is a variety of Chinese ''Huangjiu'' ("yellow wine") made by fermenting glutinous rice, water, and wheat-based yeast.
It is produced in Shaoxing, in the Zheji ...
. This dish consists primarily of white and green colours; the colours are elegant and the flavour is light and fragrant. According to legend it arose when the
Qianlong Emperor
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of the
Qing dynasty
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visited
southern China
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Extent
The Qinling–Daba Mountains serve as the transition zone between ...
.
Hangzhou's famous
Louwailou restaurant is a well-known producer of Longjing prawns.
See also
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Tempura
is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of ...
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Zhejiang cuisine
Zhejiang cuisine, alternatively known as Zhe cuisine, is one of the Eight Culinary Traditions of Chinese cuisine. Zhejiang cuisine contains four different styles, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, and Wenzhou (also known as Ou cuisine). It derives fro ...
References
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