Mixed vegetable sauce for deep-fried chk

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Dried black mushrooms
4 slices Fresh ginger root
¼ cup Bamboo shoots
½ cup Chinese lettuce
2 Water chestnuts
2 tablespoons Oil
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Stock
1 dash Pepper
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoons Water

Directions

1. Soak dried mushrooms.

2. Shred ginger root. Slice bamboo shoots, Chinese lettuce, water chestnuts and soaked mushrooms. 3. Heat oil. Add salt, then ginger root, and stir-fry a few times.

4. Add all sliced vegetables; stir-fry to heat through (1 to 2 minutes).

Add stock and heat quickly. Cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes; then stir in sugar and pepper.

5. Meanwhile blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste. Then stir in to thicken. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.

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

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