Recipe - Stir-Fried Abalone With Minced Pork

4 Dried black mushrooms
1 cn (15oz) abalone
1 cup Lean pork
One fourth cup Water chestnuts
One half cup Bamboo shoots
1 Clove garlic
1 Or
2 sl Fresh ginger root
2 tablespoon Sherry
2 tablespoon Oyster sauce
One half cup Water
One half teaspoon Sesame oil
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Water
2 tablespoon Oil
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Abalone liquid

1. Soak dried mushrooms.

2. Drain canned abalone and cut in 1inch cubes. Reserve liquid.

3. Mince or grind pork. Mince water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and soaked
mushrooms. Crush garlic.

4. Mince ginger root; then combine in a cup with sherry, oyster sauce,
water and sesame oil. In another cup, blend cornstarch, sugar, soy sauce
and cold water to a paste.

5. Heat oil. Stir in salt. Add garlic; stirfry to brown lightly. Add
minced pork and stirfry until it loses its pinkness (about 1 minute).

6. Add abalone; stirfry another One half minute. Add minced vegetables and
stirfry One half minute more.

7. Stir in sherryoyster sauce mixture and heat through. Then add abalone
liquid and cook, covered, 1 minute over medium heat.

8. Stir in cornstarch paste to thicken and serve at once.

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