CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
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Seafood, Grains, Meats | Chinese | Chinese, Seafood | 4 | Servings |
INGREDIENTS
1/4 | lb | Fresh or frozen medium- |
Sized shrimp | ||
1/3 | lb | Fresh snowpeas |
8 | Fresh or canned water | |
Chestnuts | ||
1/2 | c | Unpeeled straw mushrooms |
2 | t | Fresh ginger, slivered |
1 | Clove garlic, minced | |
2 | Green onions | |
3 | T | Peanut oil |
1/2 | c | Chicken stock |
2 | t | Thin soy sauce |
1 | t | Dry sherry |
1/2 | t | Salt |
1 | pn | Sugar |
Cornstarch paste |
INSTRUCTIONS
Preparation: Soak snowpeas in cold water for 2 hours to make crisp. Soak shrimp in salted cold water for 1 hour. Drain straw mushrooms. Break off ends of snowpeas. Peel & rinse water chestnuts. Shell shrimp, keeping tail intact. Deeply slit shrimp around upper curve (don't cut through), deveining, & spreading shrimp almost flat. Cut freen onion on the bias in 2" lengths. Slice water chestnuts thinly crosswise. In small bowl, mix stock, soy sauce, sherry, salt & sugar. Stir-frying: Swirl peanut oil into very hot wok. When oil begins to smoke, add shrimp & stir-fry until they curl (about 20 seconds). Remove shrimp to serving platter. Stir-fry mushrooms for 30 seconds; add garlic & ginger; stir-fry another 30 seconds. Add snowpeas & water chestnuts; stir-fry briskly for 1 minute. Add stock mixture; bring to boil; keep tossing until snowpeas are bright green. Push ingredients out of liquid, dribble in cornstarch paste to thicken slightly. Return ingredients, including shrimp. Stir briefly. Serve immediately. HINT: snowpeas should be slightly undercooked when served. From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 115
Calories From Fat: 94
Total Fat: 10.7g
Cholesterol: <1mg
Sodium: 510.7mg
Potassium: 80.9mg
Carbohydrates: 3.3g
Fiber: <1g
Sugar: <1g
Protein: 1.9g