Free Chinese Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 fat pigeon
• 37 g (1 1/2 oz) pork fat
• 175 g (6oz) shelled shrimps
• 7 ml (1/2 tablespoon) salt
• 15 ml (1 tablespoon) corn flour
• 45 ml (3 tablespoons) lard (use oil if not available)
• 1/2 egg
• 45-60 ml (3-4 tablespoons) flour
• oil for deep-frying

Serve 6-8

** Free Chinese Recipes **

Method:

1. Chop the pigeon into quarters and cook them in a pan of boiling water for 7-8 minutes. Remove and drain them. Strip the meat from the bones. and chop it coarsely.

2. Chop the pork fat and shelled shrimps in the same way. Mix them all in a basin, add the salt and corn flour and mix again.

3. Heat the lard in a frying pan. Add the ingredients from the basin, and stir-fry them over a medium heat for 5-6 minutes. Allow them to cool somewhat before removing the mixture from the pan. Add the beaten egg and mix well.

4. Shape the mixture into a dozen flat rectangular cakes. Coat each cake evenly with flour, and shake off any excess.

5. Place the cakes 4 at a time in a wire basket, deep-fry them in the hot oil for 2 1/2 minutes, and drain them. When all the cakes have been fried once, place them all in the wire basket, and deep-fry them together for 1 minute. Drain and serve on a well-heated dish.

Note: A good starter for a dinner party.