Braised fish steaks and vegetables

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Dried black mushrooms
1 (2-lb) fish
Cornstarch
½ cup Bamboo shoots
1 Clove garlic
2 slices Fresh ginger root
1 Scallion stalk
½ cup Stock
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
teaspoon Brown sugar
½ teaspoon Salt (up to)
5 tablespoons Oil
1 tablespoon Oil

Directions

1. Soak dried mushrooms.

2. Cut fish crosswise into 2 to 3 inch steaks. Wipe dry; then dredge lightly in cornstarch.

3. Slice bamboo shoots and soaked mushrooms. Mince garlic, ginger root and scallion.

4. Combine stock, soy sauce, sherry, brown sugar and salt.

5. Heat oil until nearly smoking. Brown fish steaks quickly on both sides.

Remove from pan.

6. Heat remaining oil. Add minced garlic, ginger and scallion and stir-fry a few times. Add mushrooms and bamboo shoots and stir-fry 1 minute more.

7. Add stock-soy mixture and bring to a boil. Return fish and simmer, covered, until done (about 15 minutes).

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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