drunken shrimp

{{short description|Chinese shrimp dish}}

{{For|the Filipino dish which involves battered shrimp marinated in alcohol and fried|Nilasing na hipon}}

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| main_ingredient = Prawns, alcohol

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| serving_size = 100 g

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Drunken shrimp ({{zh|s=醉虾|t=醉蝦|p=zuìxiā|first=s}}), also known as drunken prawns,{{cite book | last1=Leffman | first1=D. | last2=Lewis | first2=S. | last3=Atiyah | first3=J. | title=China | publisher=Rough Guides | series=H guides | year=2003 | isbn=978-1-84353-019-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dA_QbQiZkB4C&pg=PA1270 | access-date= | page=1270}} is a popular dish in parts of China based on freshwater shrimp eaten cooked or raw. The shrimp are immersed in liquor to make consumption easier, thus the name "drunken". Different parts of China have different recipes for the dish. For example, the shrimp are sometimes soaked in alcohol and then cooked in boiling water rather than served live, and in other recipes cooked shrimp are marinated in alcohol after they are boiled.{{Cite web|url=http://shanghaiist.com/2013/03/23/off_the_beaten_palate_live_drunken/|title=Off the Beaten Palate: Live drunken shrimp|date=2013-03-23|website=Shanghaiist|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-15}}{{cite web | title=Drunken shrimp | website=Lady.nextmedia.com | date=2011-08-17 | url=http://hk.lady.nextmedia.com/articles/art_main.cfm?sec_id=3840163&subsec_id=6748448&art_id=11221716&showdate=20080612&av=NO | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817230524/http://hk.lady.nextmedia.com/articles/art_main.cfm?sec_id=3840163&subsec_id=6748448&art_id=11221716&showdate=20080612&av=NO | archive-date=2011-08-17 | url-status=dead | language= | access-date=}} Another version is based on shrimp that are submerged in a bowl of rice wine. The rice wine forces the shrimp to expel their wastes; the shrimp are then eaten, generally after their movement has ceased.{{Cite web|title=We Tried Live 'Drunken Shrimp' In China For The Very First Time|url=https://www.foodbeast.com/news/live-drunken-shrimp-china-experience/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.foodbeast.com|date=27 November 2018 |language=en}}

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Consuming uncooked freshwater shrimps may be a serious health hazard due to the risk of paragonimiasis.{{cite web |script-title=zh:北京食品安全办发预警：醉虾生鱼片下餐桌 | website=China.com.cn | date=2006-08-21 | url=http://www.china.com.cn/health/txt/2006-08/21/content_7092716.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928031509/http://www.china.com.cn/health/txt/2006-08/21/content_7092716.htm | archive-date=2011-09-28 | url-status=dead | language=zh | access-date=}}{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/food/2006-06/13/content_4688168.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024135034/http://news.xinhuanet.com/food/2006-06/13/content_4688168.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2012|script-title=zh:夏季禁醉虾醉蟹|language=zh}}{{cite web|url=http://www.39.net/LiverDiseases/HBV/bjyf/rczy/127518.html|script-title=zh:肝病患者热天饮食原则 切勿贪嘴不食生贝|language=zh|access-date=2009-06-21|archive-date=2011-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721133115/http://www.39.net/LiverDiseases/HBV/bjyf/rczy/127518.html|url-status=dead}}