Recipe - Stir-Fried Fresh Squid And Vegetables

1 pound Fresh squid
One half cup Bamboo shoots
One half cup Celery
One half cup Dried onion
One fourth pound Snow peas
1/3 cup Stock
One half teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
1 teaspoon Water
3 tablespoon Oil
One half teaspoon Salt

1. Clean squid and cut in 1inch squares.

2. Slice bamboo shoots, celery and dried onion. Stem and blanch snow peas.

3. In one cup, combine stock, sugar and soy sauce; in another, blend
cornstarch and cold water to a paste.

4. Heat oil. Add salt, then squid; stirfry to coat with oil (about 1
minute).

5. Add cut or sliced up vegetables and stirfry One half minute more.

6. Add stocksugar mixture and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, over
medium heat until vegetables are nearly done (2 to 3 minutes).

7. Stir in blanched snow peas to heat through. Then stir in cornstarch
paste to thicken. Serve at once.

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