Chinese Mock Crab Claws

Name: Chinese Mock Crab Claws
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12 claws, 3-4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups potatoes; 2 2/3 tablespoons walnuts; 2 teaspoons white sesame seeds; 2 2/3 tablespoons wheat starch, see note; 1/2 carrot; 5 1/4 tablespoons flour; 1 tablespoon glutinous-rice flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3 3/4 ounces water; 1 1/2 tablespoons oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons oil; oil, for deep-frying

Submitted by That is Dr House to

"modified from an about.com recipe for Vegetarian Chinese cooking."

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 12 claws
Serves:: 3-4

ingredients

Claw
1 ¹⁄₃ cups potatoes
2 ²⁄₃ tablespoons walnuts
2 teaspoons white sesame seeds
2 ²⁄₃ tablespoons wheat starch, see note
¹⁄₂ carrot
batter
5 ¹⁄₄ tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon glutinous-rice flour
³⁄₄ teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
3 ³⁄₄ ounces water
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons oil
Seasoning
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons oil
cooking
oil, for deep-frying

directions

NOTE: You are looking for Tang Flour sold in Asian Markets.
Boil the potatoes and mash. Boil the walnuts in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Drain. Add cold water to walnuts and boil again in salted water for 5 minutes. Drain and allow to cool.
Heat wok and oil. Add walnuts. Deep fry until golden. Remove. Cool and dice.
Toast sesame seeds.
Peel and cut carrots into thick strips.
Mix batter ingredients together.
Mix the claw ingredients. Mix in seasonings. Divide into sections. Form each section into a claw [about 10 to 12].
Heat wok. Add enough oil for deep frying. When ready dip claw into batter. Deep dry until golden. Serve with favorite sauce.

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I WILL NOT say they are Vegetarian or Vegan any longer due to the database changes. I DO NOT WISH YOU TO RECOMMEND THEM. Consider them as faulty. It's your own fault if you trust them. Don't bother to review. Don't ask me a question. I won't answer. I'm not here anymore. I will NOT warrent any recipe on this site put up by me as correct due to Scripps problems. IF they claim to have fixed it, I still do not warrent any recipe as correct except the ones that I put up personally on the tripod site so use any recipe posted under my name at your own risk. Basic? Lots of luck. Now the ones at chef.philocrates.tripod.com [see De Gustibus Veg*n in link on top], yeah, I will take responsiblity for all of them and the ingredients. I put them up and any errors are all mine. No the door didn't hit me on the ### but the skid marks in the parking lot are mine.

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