Drunken shrimp (), also known as drunken prawns, is a popular dish in parts of China based on freshwater

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that are sometimes eaten cooked or

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. The shrimp are immersed in liquor to make consumption easier. 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. 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. Once done, the shrimp are taken from the bowl, de-shelled and eaten alive. Consuming uncooked freshwater shrimps may be a serious health hazard due to the risk of paragonimiasis.

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* ''Chinese Home-Style Cooking'', Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 7th Printing, 2005, pp. 127. ()

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Video of live Chinese drunken shrimp

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