Free Recipe Stir-Fried Shrimp and Bean Curd #1
Recipe Type: S Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
Cooking Ingredients for Stir-Fried Shrimp and Bean Curd #1 Recipe
1/2 lb Shrimp
2 sl Fresh ginger root
1 Scallion stalk
1 tb Sherry
2 Or
3 Bean curd cakes
1 tb Cornstarch
1/4 c Stock
3 tb Oil
1-1/2 tb Oil
1 tb Soy sauce
1 ts Sugar
1/2 ts Salt
Stir-Fried Shrimp and Bean Curd #1 Preparation
1. Shell and devein shrimp. Mince ginger root and scallion; then add to shrimp, along with sherry. Let stand 10 minutes, turning occasionally. 2. Meanwhile cut each bean curd cake first in half, then in 4 slices. Blend cornstarch and cold stock to a paste. 3. Heat oil. Add bean curd; stir-fr-y gently until lightly browned. Remove from pan. 4. Heat remaining oil. Add shrimp and stir-fry until pinkish. Sprinkle with soy sauce, sugar and salt; stir-fry 1/2 minute more to blend. 5. Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken. Then return bean curd and stir in gently to reheat. Serve at once. VARIATIONS: 1. In step 1, toss the shrimp in a mixture of 1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon ginger juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt. In step 3, add to the hot oil 1/2 leek stalk, minced; then add the bean curd. In step 4, for the soy sauce, substitute sherry. 2. In step 5, add with the bean curd 1 cucumber, peeled and cut in thin strips. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.
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Recipe Serves: 4
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