虾仁炒西兰花 / Shrimp and Broccoli Stirfry

Materials

  • 1 (small) head of broccoli, tore apart into small pieces with the stem removed
  • 1 carrot, sliced into edible sections
  • .5 lb of shrimp, remove head and shrimp line
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tbsp of starch
  • 1.5 tbsp of salt
  • 1/4 cup of cooking wine

Instructions

  1. Mix in a bowl the following: 1.5 tbsp of salt, 1 tbsp of starch, shrimp, diced garlic, set aside to marinate
  2. Bring a pot of water to boil, upon boiling, add in broccoli and carrot for 15s, get them out of the pot and set aside.
  3. Add oil to (a different) pan over medium heat, once the pan is hot, add marinated shrimp
  4. Stirfry until the shrimp is still somewhat transparent, add in cooking wine, continue to stirfry
  5. When the shrimp curls up and is fully non-transparent, add in the broccoli & carrot
  6. Bring the heat up to high to boil away the excess moisture
  7. Bring the heat down, add salt to taste, and plate

Comments

I am personally very against adding soy sauce to this dish. Not for any real (read as: taste-related) reason, but just that I don’t like the shrimp + soy sauce coloration.

When I was growing up, this dish was considered a very healthy dish for reasons that I don’t fully understand. Thought it might be worth mentioning.

Family recipe.

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