Prawns in Black Bean Sauce (See Jup Ha Kow)

* Exported from MasterCook II *

Prawns in Black Bean Sauce (See Jup Ha Kow)

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Chinese Seafood
Ceideburg 2

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound Medium prawns
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 Green pepper -- cut in 1-inch

2 tablespoons Salted black beans
1 Clove garlic -- minced
2 tablespoons Fresh ginger root -- minced
1/4 cup Chicken stock
1 teaspoon Cornstarch
2 tablespoons Oil

Preparation: Shell, devein and clean prawns. Blot dry. Cut along
back side, b ut don't cut through. Wash and rinse black beans 2 or 3
times. Combine with gar lic and ginger and mash together until pasty.
Add stock and cornstarch. Set aside.

Cooking: Heat wok. Add 1 tablespoon oil and reheat. Stir fry green
pepper fo r 1 minute. Set aside. Add 2 tablespoon oil to wok and
heat. Stir fry prawns a nd salt until prawns turn pink. Add black
bean mixture and stir until thickened . Add green pepper, stir and
serve.

Do-ahead notes: Do through preparation.

Yield: 4 servings
From "The Chinese Village Cookbook." A practical guide to Cantonese
country coo king. Rhoda Yee, Yerba Bueana Press, San Francisco.
1975.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; January 10 1992.

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