Shrimp Balls With Japanese Breadcrumbs

My family loves to eat in different chinese restaurants. my passion is cooking and collecting cookbooks. so everytime i come across a yummy dish, i try to experiment on it at home and eventually will come up with a delicious version of mine.

• Ready In: 33 mins
• Serves: 4-6
• Yields: 12 shrimp balls

Ingredients

• 600  g shrimp (meat only)
• 1  tablespoon beer
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fine salt
• 1  egg white
• 1  tablespoon cornstarch
•  Japanese-style bread crumbs
•  oil (for deep frying)

• dipping sauce

•  sweet chili sauce or  catsup

Directions

1. Peel, devein, chop finely and mash the shrimps with a meat mallet (the finer the better).
2. add beer, ginger juice, fine salt, egg white and cornstarch to the mashed shrimps. mix thoroughly.
3. arrange the breadcrumbs on a plate. form the shrimp mixture into 12 balls then coat with breadcrumbs.
4. in a frying pan, add oil. deep fry the shrimp balls over medium heat for 3 minutes or until golden brown. (you can adjust the heat during frying; the breadcrumbs will fall off if the heat is too low and will burn if too high).
5. drain on paper towels. serve hot with dipping sauce.