Stir Fried Abalone With Mixed Vegetables Recipes

Steps:

• Combine sauce ingredients in a bowl.
• Place a wok over high heat until hot. Add oil, swirling to coat sides. Add garlic and ginger; cook stirring, until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Add carrots, lotus root, jicama, zucchini and mushrooms; stir fry for 1 minute.
• Add water, cover and cook for 3 minutes. Add bell pepper and asparagus; stir fry for 1 minute. Add sauce and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch solution and cook, stirring, until sauce boils and thickens.

Steps:

• 1. Soak dried mushrooms. 2. Drain canned abalone cut in thin strips. (Reserve liquid for soup.) Also cut in strips Chinese cabbage stems, bamboo shoots, celery, onion, soaked mushrooms, smoked ham and snow peas. 3. Heat oil. Stir in salt, then Chinese cabbage, bamboo shoots, celery, onion and mushrooms. Stir-fry to heat through (about 1 minute). 4. Cover pan and let vegetables steam in their own liquids, over low heat, until cooked through (about 3 minutes). Then remove from pan. 5. Meanwhile combine soy sauce, sherry, sugar and pepper. Mince garlic and ginger root. 6. Heat remaining oil. Add minced garlic and ginger root stir-fry a few times. Add abalone and stir-fry 1/2 minute. 7. Stir in soy-sherry mixture and heat. Then add snow peas. Return vegetables and gently stir-fry to reheat (about 1 1/2 minutes more). Garnish with ham strips and serve. VARIATIONS: * In step 5, add to the soy-sherry mixture 1 tablespoon oyster sauce. * Shred the abalone sliver the vegetables. In step 6, add with abalone 1/2 cup roast pork, 1/2 cup cooked chicken and 1/4 cup ham, all shredded. In step 7, add 1/2 cup abalone liquid after the soy-sherry mixture and cook, covered, 1 1/2 minutes over low heat. Omit the snow peas and the ham garnish. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Steps:

• 1. Blanch and toast almonds. 2. With a cleaver, chop lobster lengthwise in half then clean. Chop, shell and all, in 1/2-inch cubes. 3. Slice celery diagonally in 1/4-inch sections. Slice bamboo shoots 1/4-inch thick, then in 3/4-inch squares. Drain canned mushrooms. Crush garlic. 4. Mince ginger root then combine with stock, sherry and sugar. 5. Heat oil. Add salt, then garlic, and stir-fry a few times. Add lobster stir-fry 1 minute. Add vegetables and stir-fry 2 minutes more. 6. Stir in ginger-stock mixture and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 3 minutes over medium heat. 7. Meanwhile blend cornstarch, soy sauce and cold water to a paste then stir in to thicken. Sprinkle with sesame oil garnish with toasted almonds and serve. NOTE: This dish is also called Subgum Lobster. VARIATIONS: * For the whole lobster, substitute 2 lobster tails. Discard shell and cut meat in Y2-inch slices. * For the vegetables, substitute any of the following: asparagus, bean sprouts, Chinese cabbage stems, cucumbers, green peppers, fresh or dried mushrooms, or onions. Or any of the following, parboiled: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, Chinese turnips, green peas or string beans. (All, with the exception of the bean sprouts and green peas, should be diced.) The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.