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Title: Stir-Fried Shrimp and Bean Sprouts #2 Categories: Seafood Yield: 4 Servings 1/2 lb Shrimp 1 lb Bean sprouts 1 tb Preserved sweet pickles 1 Clove garlic 1 Or 2 sl Fresh ginger root 2 tb Sherry 1 ts Sugar 1 ts Soy sauce 1 tb Cornstarch 3 tb Water 1 ds Pepper 1 ts Soy sauce 2 tb Oil 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Stock 1. Shell, devein and butterfly shrimp. (Leave tail segments intact.) 2. Blanch bean sprouts. Shred sweet pickles: Crush garlic. 3. Mince ginger root; then combine in a cup with sherry, sugar and soy sauce. In a second cup, blend cornstarch, cold water, pepper and remaining soy sauce to a paste. 4. Heat oil. Add salt, then garlic, and stir-fry to brown lightly. Add shrimp; stir-fry until pinkish. 5. Add ginger-sherry mixture; stir-fry 1-1/2 minutes more. 6. Add bean sprouts and pickles and stir-fry another minute. 7. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 1 to 2 minutes over medium heat. 8. Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken and serve at once. VARIATION: For the bean sprouts, substitute any of the following: 1 pound broccoli, broken in flowerets and parboiled; 1 pound string beans, cut in 2-inch lengths and parboiled; or 1/2 pound snow peas. From from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey. |