Chili shrimp

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Chili shrimp
Place of originChina
Region or stateSichuan, Shanghai
Main ingredientsstir-fried shrimp in chilli sauce

Chili shrimp (simplified Chinese: 干烧明虾; traditional Chinese: 乾燒明蝦; pinyin: gān shāo míngxiā or simplified Chinese: 明虾; traditional Chinese: 明蝦; pinyin: míngxiā) is a dish of stir-fried shrimp in chilli sauce (which may use doubanjiang) in Chinese cuisine. It is a part of both Sichuan and Shanghai cuisines.

In Japanese Chinese cuisine, ebi-chiri (Japanese: エビチリ) is derived from Shanghai-style Sichuan cuisine. It consists of stir-fried shrimp in chilli sauce. It has a history in Japan. According to Iron Chef, ebi-chiri was introduced to and popularized in Japan by Chen Kenmin, father of Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi.

In Korean Chinese cuisine, chili shrimp is called kkansyo-saeu (Korean: 깐쇼새우), a named consisting of the word kkansyo derived from Chinese gān shāo (乾燒) and saeu meaning "shrimp" in Korean, or chilli-saeu (Korean: 칠리새우) with the English-derived word chilli.

See also