Recipe - Noodle Pancake Stir-Fried Subgum Topping

3 Dried black mushrooms
One fourth cup Lean pork
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 cup Shrimp
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Sherry
One fourth cup Chicken
One half teaspoon Cornstarch
One fourth teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Abalone
One fourth cup Smoked ham
One fourth cup Bamboo shoots
2 (up to)
3 tablespoon Oil
1 (up to)
2 cup Stock
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoon Water

1. Soak dried mushrooms.

2. Sliver pork. Combine cornstarch and soy sauce; then add to pork and toss
to coat.

3. Shell and devein shrimp; cut each in two. Combine the second quantity of
cornstarch, and sherry; then add to shrimp and toss.

4. Sliver chicken. Dredge in the third quantity of cornstarch, mixed with
salt.

5. Sliver abalone, smoked ham, bamboo shoots and soaked mushrooms.

6. Heat oil. Add pork, chicken and shrimp; stirfry until pork loses its
pinkness and shrimp turns pink.

7. Add ham, bamboo shoots and mushrooms; stirfry 1 to 2 minutes more.

8. Add stock, remaining soy sauce, sherry and salt; bring to a boil. Add
abalone and cook, covered, 2 minutes over medium heat.

9. Meanwhile blend the remaining cornstarch and cold water to a paste; then
stir in to thicken. Pour mixture over noodle pancake and serve. VARIATIONS:

1. In step 6, add to the hot oil, before the pork, etc., 1 or 2 slices
fresh ginger root, crushed; and 1 scallion stalk, cut in 1inch sections;
stirfry a few times. Then add other ingredients.

2. Omit the abalone. In step 7, also add One fourth cup green peas, parboiled.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.