Fillet of Flounder with Vegetables

Name: Fillet of Flounder with Vegetables (炒魚片)
Yield: It would serve 3 to 4, and should be accompanied by rice.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 4 tablespoons oil; 4 cups oil for velveting; 1 medium clove garlic, crushed and peeled; 1 cup stringed fresh snow peas; 2 quarter -sized slices peeled ginger; 6 large dried black Chinese mushrooms (presoaked); ½ cup sliced bamboo shoots; 1 pound fillets of flounder; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 2 tablespoons chicken stock or water; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 cup chicken stock and 1 tablespoon sesame oil; ½ teaspoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt

炒魚片

Preparation info

It would serve
3 to 4
, and should be accompanied by rice.

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

Once velveted, the fillets remain neat and tender when gently stir-fried tip with vegetables in a glazy sauce. This is an excellent main dish, in which the succulent fish contrasts with the crisp vegetables.

Ingredients

1 pound fillets of flounder
Velvet coating
6 large dried black Chinese mushrooms (presoaked)

Asia
China
Fish course
Main course

Method

Cut and marinate the fish.

Pour hot water over the mushrooms and soak for 30 minutes. Rinse and squeeze dry. Cut them in half. Rinse and drain the sliced bamboo shoots thoroughly. Rinse and dry the snow peas; string by snipping off the tips and pulling along the edge. Place these, plus ginger and garlic, in separate piles on a working platter