Stir Fried Shrimp with Assorted Vegetables

Ingredients

• •1/2 pound raw shelled shrimp
• •1 teaspoon cooking wine or sherry
• •1/4 teaspoon salt
• •1/3 egg white
• •3/4 tablespoon corn starch
• •1/2 cup oil for frying
• •1/2 cup each of diced brown onion and diced carrot
• •1/4 cup each of diced button mushroom, precooked green peas
• •1/3 teaspoon salt
• •1 teaspoon cornstarch
• •1 dash of black pepper
• •sesame oil
• •2 tablespoons water

Directions

1. 1Rinse and devein shrimp. Drain. Mix shrimp with wine, salt, eight white and cornstarch in that order, mixing after each addition.
2. 2Before frying, add one tablespoon of oil and mix so that the shrimp will separate easily during frying.
3. 3Heat the wok then add oil. Fry the shrimp over medium heat until cooked (precooking), remove shrimp.
4. 4Remove oil from the wok, reheat the wok and add 2 tablespoons oil, stir fry the brown onions until fragrant.
5. 5Add the diced vegetables, 2 tablespoons water and stir fry until the liquid has almost completely evaporated and the ingredients are cooked.
6. 6Add shrimp and the thickening mixture of salt, cornstarch, pepper, sesame oil and 2 tablespoons water.
7. 7Turn the heat to very high, stir quickly to mix.