Stir-fried shrimp w/black bean sauce #1

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon Fermented black beans
½ pounds Shrimp
2 Green peppers
½ cup Dried onion
1 Clove garlic
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoons Water
2 tablespoons Oil
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Stock
½ teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Soy sauce

Directions

1. Soak fermented black beans.

2. Shell and devein shrimp. Slice green peppers and dried onion.

3. Mince garlic; then mash with soaked black beans in one cup. In another, blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste.

4. Heat oil. Add salt, then black bean mixture, and stir-fry a few times.

Add shrimp; stir-fry 1 minute.

5. Add green pepper and onion; stir-fry to soften slightly (1 to 2 minutes).

6. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, over medium heat, until done (2 to 3 minutes).

7. Stir in sugar and soy sauce to blend. Then stir in cornstarch paste to thicken. Serve at once. VARIATION: At the end of step 7, stir in 1 egg, beaten. (Remove from heat as soon as egg begins to set.) From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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