Name: Liver and Snow Peas (Zhugan Chao Xuedou)
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: boiling water; carrot; beef liver; hot pepper paste; water; snow peas; ginger; fresh ginger; scallion; granulated sugar; soy sauce; cornstarch; chinese rice wine; water chestnuts; snow peas; salt; fresh water; cooking sherry wine; dried tree ears; pork; peanut oil; tree ears; carrots; sesame oil; chestnuts

Flavor: Reddish-Brown: Red-cooked

This is a simple stir-fried dish whose clear, bright sauce contains the standard array of Szechwanese spices. But liver is a special food in Szechwan as in the rest of China; no Chinese gourmet would consider this dish an ordinary one.

Mrs. Chiang’s combination of textures and colors is very special.

The bright green snow peas (xuedou), orange carrots, crisp white water chestnuts, and gelatinous black tree ear