Hot and Sour Shrimp Recipe

Hot and Sour Shrimp is cooked and served with watercress and walnuts.

Ingredients:

1 lb Large uncooked shrimp, -peeled, deveined, -butterflied

4 tb Dry Sherry

1 tb Grated peeled fresh ginger

1/2 c Chicken Stock or canned -broth

2 tb Soy sauce

2 tb Catsup.

1 tb Cornstarch

1 tb Rice vinegar or white wine -vinegar

1 tb Sugar

1 ts Oriental sesame oil

1/4 ts Cayenne pepper

6 tb Peanut oil

2 tb Chopped walnuts

3 bn Watercress, trimmed

2 md Bell peppers, cut into -1-inch squares

2 Garlic cloves, minced

8 Green onions, cut -diagonally into -1-inch-long pieces

Cooking Procedures:

A light marinade of Sherry and ginger flavors the shrimp, which are stir-fried with red bell peppers and green onions. Watercress makes a colorful bed for the shrimp. Combine shrimp, 2 tablespoons Sherry and grated ginger in large bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Mix remaining 2 tablespoons Sherry, chicken stock, soy sauce, catsup, cornstarch, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and cayenne pepper in small bowl. Heat 2 teaspoons peanut oil in wok or heavy large skillet over high heat. Add walnuts and stir-fry for 1 minute. Transfer walnuts to plate using slotted spoon. Add watercress to wok and stir-fry until just wilted, about 1 minute. Divide watercress among plates. Add 2 teaspoons peanut oil, bell peppers and garlic to wok and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add remaining 2 teaspoons peanut oil, shrimp mixture and onions and stir- fry for 1 minute. Stir stock mixture, add to wok and cook sauce until clear and thick, stirring frequently, 2 minutes. Spoon sauce and shrimp over watercress. Sprinkle with walnuts and serve.

Makes four servings; about 265 calories per serving.