Stir-fried shrimp with celery and almonds

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Almond meats
½ pounds Shrimp
3 Or
4 Celery stalks
2 slices Fresh ginger root
1½ Oil
¼ teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Sherry
1½ tablespoon Oil
¼ teaspoon Salt

Directions

1. Blanch and toast almonds; then chop coarsely.

2. Shell, devein and dice shrimp. Dice celery. Mince ginger root.

3. Heat oil. Add ginger root; stir-fry a few times. Add shrimp and stir-fry until pinkish (about 2 minutes). Then sprinkle with salt and sherry; stir-fry 1 minute more and remove from pan.

4. Heat remaining oil. Add celery and almonds; stir-fry 1 minute. Then stir in remaining salt.

5. Return shrimp, stir-frying only to reheat. Serve at once.

NOTE: The celery should be quite crisp.

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

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