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Shrimp and Egg Rice Bowl with Chile Bean Sauce

宫保虾仁鸡蛋盖饭

Shrimp and scrambled eggs combine with carrot, green pepper and wood ear mushrooms in a sweet-sour chile bean sauce.

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Shrimp and egg with shredded vegetables over rice.
Shrimp and Egg Rice Bowl with Chile Bean Sauce
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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

  • shrimp
  • eggs
  • carrot, shredded
  • green pepper
  • wood ear mushrooms, rehydrated
  • garlic
  • 1 spoonfuldoubanjiang
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsvinegar
  • 1 spoonfulsugar
  • 1/2 spoonfulstarch
  • slightly less than half a bowlwater
  • cooked rice
  • cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Bowl and cup measures retain the original Chinese units 碗/杯; capacity is unspecified. 小半 means slightly less than half; 大半 means slightly more than half.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Mix light soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, sugar, starch and water to make the sauce.

  2. 02

    Cook shrimp in oil and set aside. Scramble the eggs separately and set aside.

  3. 03

    Fry garlic and doubanjiang until the oil turns red. Add carrot, green pepper and wood ear mushrooms and stir-fry.

  4. 04

    Return shrimp and eggs and add the sauce. Cook until thickened and serve over rice.

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Shrimp and Egg Rice Bowl with Chile Bean Sauce

Shrimp and scrambled eggs combine with carrot, green pepper and wood ear mushrooms in a sweet-sour chile bean sauce.

Ingredients

  • shrimp
  • eggs
  • carrot, shredded
  • green pepper
  • wood ear mushrooms, rehydrated
  • garlic
  • 1 spoonfuldoubanjiang
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
  • 2 spoonfulsvinegar
  • 1 spoonfulsugar
  • 1/2 spoonfulstarch
  • slightly less than half a bowlwater
  • cooked rice
  • cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Bowl and cup measures retain the original Chinese units 碗/杯; capacity is unspecified. 小半 means slightly less than half; 大半 means slightly more than half.

Method

  1. 01

    Mix light soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, sugar, starch and water to make the sauce.

  2. 02

    Cook shrimp in oil and set aside. Scramble the eggs separately and set aside.

  3. 03

    Fry garlic and doubanjiang until the oil turns red. Add carrot, green pepper and wood ear mushrooms and stir-fry.

  4. 04

    Return shrimp and eggs and add the sauce. Cook until thickened and serve over rice.