Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1              pound  jumbo tiger prawns
  2          teaspoons  salt
  1                     egg white
  1           teaspoon  flour
  1         tablespoon  cornstarch
     1/2      teaspoon  baking powder
  1                cup  peanut oil
  1                cup  scallions
  1           teaspoon  sugar
     1/4      teaspoon  tabasco sauce

Preparation:

dry shrimp with paper towels sprinkle with salt combine shrimp and egg white-mix well combine flour, cornstarch, and baking powder in a large bowl-mix well add shrimp mixture and toss to coat well chill for 30 minutes heat oil to 375 degrees add shrimp 4-6 at a time and fry for 2 minutes, until golden drain on a cooling rack and blot with paper towels repeat with remaining shrimp remove all but 1 tablespoon of the oil add scallions and stir-fry over a moderately-high flame for 1 minute add shrimp, sugar, and tabasco sauce-toss to coat well remove from heat serve hot, with szechuan chile sauce to the side

Nutritional Information:

336 Calories (kcal); 36g Total Fat; (94% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 764mg Sodium