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, .