STIR-FRIED SHRIMP WITH PEPPERS AND TOMATOES

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Number Of Ingredients 12

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1/2 pound shrimp
2 green peppers
1 or 2 tomato
1 clove garlic
2 slices fresh ginger root
3 scallion
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3 tablespoons water
2 or 3 tablespoons oils
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock

Steps:

1. Shell, devein and butterfly shrimp. Dice peppers. Cut each tomato in 6 wedges. Crush garlic, mince ginger root and chop scallions. 2. Blend cornstarch, soy sauce and cold water to a paste. 3. Heat oil. Add salt, then garlic and ginger root stir-fry a few times. Add shrimp and stir-fry until pinkish (about 2 minutes). 4. Add green peppers stir-fry 1 minute more. 5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Then cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. 6. Gently stir in tomato wedges to heat through. Then stir in cornstarch paste to thicken. Sprinkle with chopped scallions and serve at once. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

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