Level: | Intermediate |
Total: | 45 min |
Prep: | 20 min |
Cook: | 25 min |
Yield: | 2 servings |
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 cups flour
- 3 tablespoons salt
- 1 large white onion, thinly sliced into rings
- Two 1 1/4-pound lobsters, par-cooked and cleaned
- 4 ounces 3 Pepper Lobster Stir-fry Sauce, recipe follows
- Lemon wedge
- 2 cilantro sprigs
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 4 onions, diced
- 1 cup minced garlic
- 3/4 cup Thai fish sauce
- 1 1/4 cups balsamic vinegar
- 4 tablespoons black pepper
- 1 teaspoons white pepper
- 3 1/4 tablespoons Szechuan pepper
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat a fryer or a deep pot halfway filled with oil to 325 degrees F.
- Combine flour and salt. Toss the onions in salted flour, shaking off excess flour. Fry the onions until golden brown. Reserve.
- Chop the lobsters into several pieces, then deep fry the heads and save for garnish. In a hot wok, add oil and stir-fry the lobster pieces for 3 minutes. Add sauce and reduce until it is a glaze. Pile lobster onto a platter and garnish with fried onions, lemon and cilantro.
- Combine all of the ingredients in a saucepot. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook until the sugar has dissolved.