White boiled shrimp

Cantonese shrimp dish

White boiled shrimp

Course	Main dishes
Place of origin	China
Main ingredients	shrimp

White boiled shrimp

Traditional Chinese

白灼蝦

Simplified Chinese

白灼虾

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	bai2 zhuo2 xia1
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	baak6 coek3 haa1

White boiled shrimp (simplified Chinese: 白灼虾; traditional Chinese: 白灼蝦) is a variety of night dish in Cantonese cuisine.^[1] The dish is made with shrimp in boiling (灼) hot water, and served with the shells. The shrimp is then eaten with soy sauce. When finished, people wash their hands in a bowl of warm tea and lemon.^[2]

References

^ "Yue cuisine". Xinhua News Agency. 2004-09-11. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21.
^ "鯉漁門海鮮餐 Seafood in Lee Yue Mun Pass". wordpress.com. 2012-02-18. Retrieved 13 August 2012.

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