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               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
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       lb           Medium prawns
     1/2   ts           Salt
   1                    Green pepper, cut in 1-inch
                        -chunks
   2       tb           Salted black beans
   1                    Clove garlic, minced
   2       tb           Fresh ginger root, minced
     1/4   c            Chicken stock
   1       t            Cornstarch
   2       tb           Oil

  Preparation:  Shell, devein and clean prawns.  Blot dry.  Cut along
  back side, but don't cut through.  Wash and rinse black beans 2 or 3
  times. Combine with garlic 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 for 1 minute.  Set aside.  Add 2 tablespoon oil to wok and
  heat. Stir fry prawns and 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 cooking.  Rhoda Yee, Yerba Bueana Press, San Francisco.  1975.
  
  Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; January 10 1992.
 


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