Recipe - Stir-Fried Shrimp Wpickles

1 pound Shrimp
2 tablespoon Sweet pickles
2 Scallion stalks
2 sl Fresh ginger root
1 Clove garlic
2 teaspoon Cornstarch
3 tablespoon Water
2 tablespoon Oil
2 tablespoon Sherry
3 tablespoon Soy sauce
One half teaspoon Sugar

1. Shell and devein shrimp. Chop sweet pickles. Cut scallion stalks in
1inch sections. Mince ginger root. Crush garlic.

2. Blend cornstarch and cold water to a paste.

3. Heat oil. Add scallions, ginger root and garlic; stirfry a few times.
Add shrimp and stirfry until pinkish (about 2 minutes).

4. Add sweet pickles and sherry; stirfry 1 minute more over high heat.
Remove shrimp, leaving pickles and liquids in pan.

5. Stir in soy sauce and sugar to heat and blend. Then stir in cornstarch
paste to thicken.

6. Return shrimp, stirring, to reheat and blend flavors (about 1 minute).
Serve at once.

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