Recipe - Stir-Fried Shrimp And Asparagus

One half pound Shrimp
1 pound Asparagus
2 sl Fresh ginger root
2 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
1 teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
2 (up to)
3 tablespoon Oil

1. Shell and devein shrimp; cut in 3 or 4 pieces if large.

2. Cut asparagus diagonally in 1inch sections, discarding tough white
ends; then parboil. Mince ginger root.

3. Combine soy sauce, sherry, sugar and salt.

4. Heat oil. Stirfry shrimp until pinkish. Add asparagus sections and
ginger root and stirfry a few times.

5. Add soysherry mixture and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 minutes
over medium heat. Serve at once.

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