Go Back
Print

Spicy Noodles with Shrimps

Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  • 400 g spaghetti
  • 2 small carrots, peel, cut into thin strips
  • 16 medium size white shrimps, defrost first if frozen shrimps are used
  • 1.5 tbsp cooking oil

Seasoning for marinating shrimps

  • 1/3 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp ground white pepper
  • 1 tsp corn starch
  • 1/2 tsp sesame oil

Sauce base

  • 1 tbsp cooking oil
  • 1.5 tbsp peppercorn chili oil
  • 2 green onions, finely chopped
  • 1.5 tsp minced ginger
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced (~1.5 tbsp)
  • 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp premium soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp chicken broth mix
  • 1 tbsp LaoGanMa chili sauce

Garnishing

  • A handful of roasted sesame seeds (optional)
  • A handful of cilantro, finely chopped

Instructions

  • Peel off the skin of carrots, and cut into thin strips, transfer to a bowl, add a pinch of salt and mix well. Set aside
  • Remove the shells of the shrimps, de-vein, rinse and drain well. Marinate the shrimps with seasoning (1/3 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp ground white pepper, 1 tsp corn starch, 1/2 tsp sesame oil). Make sure to mix well shrimps with the seasoning.
  • Bring a pot of water to a boil, once the water is boiling, add a pinch of salt and a drop of oil, cook the spaghetti till al dente. Drain well.
  • While the spaghetti is being cooked, heat a saute pan or fry pan over medium heat, add 1 tbsp oil, when the oil is hot, saute shrimps for few minutes till cooked. set aside.
  • Sauce base: Reuse the pot used to boil spaghetti, heat it over medium heat, add 1 tbsp cooking oil and 1.5 tbsp chili oil, saute finely chopped green onion, minced garlic and minced ginger and ½ tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn for one or two minute or till aroma, turn off the heat. Add in 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp light soy sauce 1 tbsp premium soy sauce, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp Chinese black vinegar, ¼ tsp chicken broth mix, 1 tbsp LaoGanMa chili sauce, mix well.
  • Add spaghetti to the sauce base, mix well.
  • Add cooked shrimps, previously prepared carrot strips and finely chopped cilantro to the spaghetti, mix well
  • Serve and Enjoy!