DEEP-FRIED CRABMEAT FRITTERS WITH VEGETABLES

Deep-Fried Crabmeat Fritters With Vegetables image

Number Of Ingredients 23

4 black, dried mushrooms
1 cup bamboo shoots
1 cup celery
1/4 cup water chestnut
1/4 cup snow pea
1 clove garlic
2 slices fresh ginger root
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon sherry
few drops sesame oil
3 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1 pound , lump crab meat
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
dash pepper
oil for deep-frying
2 tablespoons oils
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon soy sauce

Steps:

1. Soak dried mushrooms. 2. Shred bamboo shoots, celery, water chestnuts, snow peas and soaked mushrooms. Crush garlic. 3. Mince ginger root then combine with soy sauce, sherry and sesame oil. 4. Beat eggs. Blend in flour and beat vigorously to a smooth batter. Pick over and mince crabmeat then add to batter along with garlic salt and pepper. Blend in well. 5. Heat oil. Drop in crabmeat mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, and deep-fry until golden. Drain on paper toweling. Keep warm. 6. Heat remaining oil. Add salt, then crushed garlic stir-fry to brown lightly. Add shredded vegetables and stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes.7. Add ginger-soy mixture stir-fry 1 minute more. Then add stock and heat quickly. Cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. 8. Meanwhile blend cornstarch, sugar, water and remaining soy sauce to a paste. Then stir in to thicken. Pour vegetable mixture over crabmeat. Garnish with sprigs of Chinese parsley and serve. VARIATION: * For the parsley garnish, substitute 1/4 cup mixed nuts, crushed. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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