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, .