Recipe - Stuffed And Deep-Fried Dried Oysters

One fourth pound Dried oysters
One fourth pound Shrimp
One fourth pound Lean pork
1 sl Fresh ginger root
One half teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Sugar
2 teaspoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
1 Egg
Cracker meal
Oil for deepfrying

1. Soak dried oysters.

2. Shell and devein shrimp. Mince or grind pork, shrimp and ginger root;
then combine with salt, sugar, soy sauce and sherry. Mix well.

3. Cut each oyster lengthwise in half. Spread 1 tablespoon shrimppork
mixture on one oyster half. Top, sandwichstyle, with the second half.

4. Beat egg lightly. Dip stuffed oyster in egg; then dredge in cracker meal
(or fine bread crumbs).

5. Meanwhile heat oil. Add stuffed oysters a few at a time and deepfry
until golden. Drain on paper toweling and serve.

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