Free Recipe Stir-Fried Shrimp with Catsup #1
Recipe Type: S Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
Cooking Ingredients for Stir-Fried Shrimp with Catsup #1 Recipe
1 lb Shrimp
1 Clove garlic
2 sl Fresh ginger root
1 tb Soy sauce
2 tb Sherry
1 ts Sugar
1/8 ts Pepper
1 tb Cornstarch
3 tb Water
1 ts Soy sauce
2 tb Oil
1/2 ts Salt
2 -(up to)
3 tb Catsup
1/2 c Stock
Stir-Fried Shrimp with Catsup #1 Preparation
1. Shell and devein shrimp. Mince or crush garlic. 2. Mince ginger root; then combine in a cup with soy sauce, sherry, sugar and pepper. In another cup, blend cornstarch, cold water and remaining soy sauce to a paste. 3. Heat oil. Add salt, then garlic, and stir-fry a few times. Add shrimp; stir-fry until pinkish (about 2 minutes). 4. Add ginger-soy mixture and stir-fry 1 minute. Then add catsup; stir-fry 1/2 minute more. 5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 minutes over medium heat. 6. Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken and serve at once. VARIATIONS: 1. For the catsup, substitute 1 to 2 tablespoons oyster sauce. 2. Omit the ginger-soy mixture in step 2, but add the minced ginger root in step 3 with the garlic. In step 4, add to the shrimp 2 teaspoons sherry and 1/4 cup stock; cook, covered, 2 minutes over medium heat. Then stir in 1/4 cup catsup to coat the shrimp evenly. Omit step 5. Pick up step 6. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.
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Recipe Serves: 6
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