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Lychee Shrimp Balls

Name: Lychee Shrimp Balls
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 7 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g (19 pieces) wild-caught blue-tail shrimp; 18 lychee (Baitangying variety); 1 stalk tender celery; 3 cloves, sliced garlic slices; 1 tsp Hua Diao cooking wine; 1 tsp cornstarch or potato starch; to taste salt; a pinch MSG; 1 tbsp cornstarch slurry; 1 ladle cooking oil

Other★ Easy7min

Prep 5m ·
Cook 2m ·
2 Servings

IngredientsWhat you'll need for Lychee Shrimp Balls

	Ingredient	Amount	Notes
	wild-caught blue-tail shrimp	500g (19 pieces)
	lychee (Baitangying variety)	18
	tender celery	1 stalk
	garlic slices	3 cloves, sliced
	Hua Diao cooking wine	1 tsp
	cornstarch or potato starch	1 tsp
	salt	to taste
	MSG	a pinch
	cornstarch slurry	1 tbsp
	cooking oil	1 ladle

A delicious Lychee Shrimp Balls recipe.

Cooking StepsHow to cook Lychee Shrimp Balls step by step

Step 1 Detail

Remove the heads from the blue-tail shrimp.
Step 2 Detail

Peel the shells off, leaving the tail segments intact.
Step 3 Detail

Butterfly the shrimp and remove the vein. The yellow part is shrimp roe — it’s edible, so don’t discard it. Fresh shrimp meat should look slightly translucent.
Step 4 Detail

Here are the cleaned tail-on shrimp, ready to use.
Step 5 Detail

Add 1 tsp of Hua Diao cooking wine to the shrimp.
Step 6 Detail

Add 1 tsp of cornstarch (or potato starch) and toss to coat evenly.
Step 7 Detail

Heat a shallow pool of oil in a wok over medium-high heat until 80–90% hot (small bubbles appear on the surface). Add the shrimp tails and keep stirring with a spatula to ensure even cooking. Fry for about 2 minutes, then drain and remove.
Step 8 Detail

The shrimp balls are now blanched and just cooked through.
Step 9 Detail

Cut the tender celery into diagonal segments.
Step 10 Detail

Peel the lychees.
Step 11 Detail

Remove the pits from the lychees.
Step 12 Detail

Prepare a cornstarch slurry: mix 1 tsp cornstarch (or potato starch), a pinch of salt, a pinch of MSG, and 1 tbsp of water. Stir until smooth.
Step 13 Detail

In the wok with the reserved oil, sauté the garlic slices until fragrant.
Step 14 Detail

Add the celery and stir-fry over high heat until just tender.
Step 15 Detail

Add the shrimp balls and lychees to the wok. Stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute.
Step 16 Detail

Pour in the cornstarch slurry (from step 12) and toss everything together until evenly coated.
Step 17 Detail

Transfer to a serving plate and enjoy.
Step 18 Detail

The sweet fragrance of lychee…
Step 19 Detail

Tender and bouncy shrimp balls, crisp refreshing celery — absolute perfection.