Free Recipe Braised Chinese Lettuce and Dried Shrimp
Recipe Type: Free Vegetable Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
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Recipe Serves: 6
Ingredients for Braised Chinese Lettuce and Dried Shrimp Recipe
8 -(up to)
10 Dried shrimp
4 Dried black mushrooms
1 lb Chinese lettuce
6 c Water
2 tb Oil
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Mushroom-soaking liquid
2 tb Soy sauce
1 ts Sugar
Braised Chinese Lettuce and Dried Shrimp Preparation
1. Separately soak dried shrimp and dried mushrooms. Reserve mushroom-soaking liquid. 2. Cut lettuce in 2-inch cubes. Bring water to a boil. Blanch lettuce 1 to 2 minutes, then drain. 3. Heat oil. Add shrimp and stir-frv 2 minutes. Add lettuce; stir-fry to coat with oil. Then sprlnkle with salt. 4. Add mushroom liquid. Bring to boil; then simmer, covered, 10 minutes. 5. Add soaked mushrooms, soy sauce and sugar. Simmer, covered, 10 minutes more. VARIATIONS: 1. In step 3, after stir-frying the lettuce, add 1/8 cup bamboo shoots, sliced; stir-fry 1 minute more. Then sprinkle with salt. 2. In step 5, also add 1 sweet red pepper, sliced or diced. 3. After step 5, thicken sauce with a cornstarch paste made of 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water. From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen’s MM Recipe Archive, .
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