Butterfly Shrimp With Snowpeas Recipe
Yield: 4 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1/4 lbs: Fresh or frozen medium-,
Sized shrimp,
1/3 lbs: Fresh snowpeas,
8 large: Fresh or canned water,
Chestnuts,
1/2 cup: Unpeeled straw mushrooms,
2 tsp: Fresh ginger, slivered
1 large: Clove garlic, minced
2: Green onions,
3 tbsp: Peanut oil,
1/2 cup: Chicken stock,
2 tsp: Thin soy sauce,
1 tsp: Dry sherry,
1/2 tsp: Salt,
1 pinch: Sugar,
Cornstarch paste,
Directions:
Preparation: Soak snowpeas in cold water for 2 hours to make crisp.
Soak shrimp in salted cold water for 1 hour. Drain straw mushrooms.
Break off ends of snowpeas. Peel & rinse water chestnuts. Shell
shrimp, keeping tail intact. Deeply slit shrimp around upper curve
(dont cut through), deveining, & spreading shrimp almost flat. Cut
freen onion on the bias in 2" lengths. Slice water chestnuts thinly
crosswise. In small bowl, mix stock, soy sauce, sherry, salt & sugar.
Stir-frying: Swirl peanut oil into very hot wok. When oil begins to
smoke, add shrimp & stir-fry until they curl (about 20 seconds).
Remove shrimp to serving platter. Stir-fry mushrooms for 30 seconds;
add garlic & ginger; stir-fry another 30 seconds. Add snowpeas &
water chestnuts; stir-fry briskly for 1 minute. Add stock mixture;
bring to boil; keep tossing until snowpeas are bright green. Push
ingredients out of liquid, dribble in cornstarch paste to thicken
slightly. Return ingredients, including shrimp. Stir briefly. Serve
immediately. HINT: snowpeas should be slightly undercooked when
served.
Source from luhu.jp
Soak shrimp in salted cold water for 1 hour. Drain straw mushrooms.
Break off ends of snowpeas. Peel & rinse water chestnuts. Shell
shrimp, keeping tail intact. Deeply slit shrimp around upper curve
(dont cut through), deveining, & spreading shrimp almost flat. Cut
freen onion on the bias in 2" lengths. Slice water chestnuts thinly
crosswise. In small bowl, mix stock, soy sauce, sherry, salt & sugar.
Stir-frying: Swirl peanut oil into very hot wok. When oil begins to
smoke, add shrimp & stir-fry until they curl (about 20 seconds).
Remove shrimp to serving platter. Stir-fry mushrooms for 30 seconds;
add garlic & ginger; stir-fry another 30 seconds. Add snowpeas &
water chestnuts; stir-fry briskly for 1 minute. Add stock mixture;
bring to boil; keep tossing until snowpeas are bright green. Push
ingredients out of liquid, dribble in cornstarch paste to thicken
slightly. Return ingredients, including shrimp. Stir briefly. Serve
immediately. HINT: snowpeas should be slightly undercooked when
served.
Source from luhu.jp