shrimp & onion tempura mixture

ingredients:

• 12 shrimps
• 6 ounces onion
• oil for deep-frying

coating:

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 3/4 ounces flour

dipping sauce (optional):

• 1/4 cup bonito soup stock
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 1/2 teaspoons sugar

or salt (optional)

step 1:

Hull shell and tail. Devein the shrimp.

step 2:

Peel the onion and slice thinly.

step 3:

To make coating, mix the egg and cold water in a bowl. Add the flour and toss. Add the shrimps and sliced onion.

step 4:

Stir several times.

step 5:

Heat the oil to 340 °F. Put 1 /8 of the shrimp and onion mixture on a wooden spatula. With chopsticks, slide the mixture into the oil.

step 6:

Make 3 more servings of the mixture in the same way.

step 7:

Deep-fry the 4 servings a couple of minutes. Turn over and deep-fry the same amount of time. Remove from the frying pan and drain the oil. Fry the rest of the mixture in the same way.

step 8:

You can use either dipping sauce or salt. To make the dipping sauce, mix bonito soup stock, soy sauce and sugar together in a pan and bring to a boil. Pour into two small bowls. Dip the fried shrimp and onion mixture into the dipping sauce. Or, if you prefer salt, pour a suitable amount onto a small plate and dip the fried mixture into the salt.