Recipe - Shrimp With Fermented Black Bean Sauce

450 g Mediumsized fresh shrimp
2 l Vegetable oil
50 ml Vegetable oil
1 Tbls fermented black beans;
washed (to remove sa
1 Tbls minced fresh garlic
1 teaspoon Minced fresh ginger
pn Salt
2 cup Bell pepper (green or mixed
colors) cut in
2 cup Yellow or white onions; cut
into 2.5 cm squa
23 ml Chicken broth
30 ml Soy sauce
25 ml White wine (we use dry
sherry or Chinese r
1 Tbls minced scallions
One half teaspoon Cornstarch .br mixed with
1 teaspoon Water
1 Egg white (or 1 Tbls
cornstarch)
ds Vegetable oil

1. Shell and devein the shrimp; wash and dry them thoroughly. Mix the
shrimp with the marinade and let stand for 5 minutes.

2. Heat a wok over highest heat for 2 minutes; then add One half 2/3 l
vegetable oil. As soon as the oil is smoking hot, fry the shrimp for a few
seconds only til they just turn white. Remove shrimp quickly from wok
and let oil drain off.

3. Clean the wok; reheat it, and add 50 ml vegetable oil; when oil is
smoking hot add black beans, garlic, (chili peppers also at this point for
a spicy version,) ginger, and salt, mashing them all together. Stirfry
about 15 seconds. Then add bell pepper (or onion), chicken broth, and soy
sauce; stir for 30 seconds. Return shrimp to wok (about 1/3 at a time so as
not to cool wok too drastically); add wine and scallions; stir for 10
seconds. Add liquid cornstarch mixture, stirring until the sauce thickens
and clears (about 10 seconds).

4. Remove and serve hot (with steamed rice).

Difficulty : easy. Precision
: measure ingredients.

Recipe By : Carol MillerTutzauer riacmt@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu

Posted to EATL Digest 29 Sep 96

Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 16:46:07 0500

From: LD Goss ldgoss@METRONET.COM