Recipe - Stir-Fried Shrimp Snow Pea And Walnut Salad

1 tablespoon Water
1 tablespoon Plus 1 teaspoon whitewine
vinegar
1 teaspoon Soy sauce
One half teaspoon Oriental sesame oil
A pinch of sugar
12 md Shrimp; (about One half pound),
; shelled
1 Garlic clove; minced and
mashed
; to a paste with 1/2
; teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon Olive oil
3 tablespoon Coarsely chopped walnuts
One fourth pound Snow peas; trimmed
1 lg Belgian endive
3 cup Watercress sprigs; coarse
stems
; discarded

In a small bowl stir together the water, 1 tablespoon of the vinegar, the
soy sauce, the sesame oil, the sugar, and a pinch of salt. In a bowl toss
the shrimp with the garlic paste and 1 teaspoon of the olive oil and let
the shrimp marinate for 10 minutes. In a nonstick skillet heat 2 teaspoons
of the remaining olive oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but
not smoking and in it saute the walnuts, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the
snow peas, saute the mixture, stirring, for 45 seconds, or until the snow
peas are crisptender, and transfer it to a bowl. In the skillet saute the
shrimp for 1 minute on each side, add the soy sauce mixture, and simmer the
shrimp, covered, for 1 minute, or until they are cooked through. Add the
shrimp mixture to the snow pea mixture. In a large bowl toss the endive,
cut or sliced up thin crosswise, and the watercress with the remaining 1 tablespoon
olive oil, the remaining 1 teaspoon vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste,
divide the greens between 2 dinner plates, and top them wi th the shrimp
mixture.

Serves 2.

Gourmet May 1992

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