Steamed clams stuffed with pork

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
24 Clams
½ pounds Lean pork
2 slices Fresh ginger root
1 Scallion stalk
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Sugar

Directions

1. Wash clams, in their shells, under cold running water to remove sand.

Scrub with a brush if necessary. Place clams on a shallow heatproof platter. Steam until clam shells open (5 to 10 minutes). See "How-to Section". Shell clams, reserving the shells.

2. Mince pork together with ginger root, scallion and clam meat. Blend in soy sauce, sherry, salt and sugar.

3. Stuff mixture into half-shells. Arrange, stuffing-side up, on a heatproof platter.

4. Steam until pork is cooked through (about 15 minutes). See "How-to Section".

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

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