*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *

               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      pound         Medium prawns
     1/2  teaspoon      Salt
   1                    Green pepper -- cut in 1-inch
                                        
   2      tablespoons   Salted black beans
   1                    Clove garlic -- minced
   2      tablespoons   Fresh ginger root -- minced
     1/4  cup           Chicken stock
   1      teaspoon      Cornstarch
   2      tablespoons   Oil

Preparation: Shell, devein and clean prawns.  Blot dry.  Cut along
back side, b ut don't cut through.  Wash and rinse black beans 2 or 3
times. Combine with gar lic 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 fo r 1 minute.  Set aside.  Add 2 tablespoon oil to wok and
heat. Stir fry prawns a nd 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 coo king.  Rhoda Yee, Yerba Bueana Press, San Francisco.
1975.

 Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; January 10 1992.

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