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Garlic Dried-Scallop Pea Shoots

A light Cantonese home-style stir-fry of dried scallops with garlic and pea shoots.

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Garlic Dried-Scallop Pea Shoots

Ingredients

Pea shoots (remove hard stems, wash and drain) 12 taels (480g)
Dried scallops (soak with just enough water to cover until softened, remove and shred, reserve the soaking water, steam about 10 minutes until tender) 3 pieces
Garlic (peel, keep whole) 8 cloves
Ginger flowers (sliced) 4 slices
Salt (seasoning) 1/2 tsp
Chicken powder (seasoning) 1 tsp
Sugar (shared between seasoning and thickening) 1 tsp (seasoning) + 1 tsp (thickening)
Water (thickening) 1/2 cup
Light soy sauce (thickening) 1 tbsp
Oyster sauce (thickening) 1 tbsp
Sesame oil (thickening) A little
White pepper (thickening) A little
Cornstarch (thickening) 3/4 tbsp

Instructions

1

Prepare the ingredients

Remove the hard stems from the pea shoots, wash and drain; soak the dried scallops with just enough water to cover until softened, then remove and shred, reserving the soaking water, and steam about 10 minutes until tender; peel the garlic and keep whole; slice the ginger flowers and set aside.

2

Stir-fry

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