Chinese Vegetables Recipes - Julienne of Vegetables Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 oz. carrots

• 2 oz. white cabbage

• 2 oz. green pepper

• 2 oz. celery

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil

• 1 crushed clove garlic

• 1 slice fresh ginger

• 1/4 pint (U.S. 5/8 cup) chicken stock

• small pinch each salt, sugar and V e- Tsin (M.S.G.)

• dash pepper

• 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce

• 1 teaspoon corn-flour

• 1 tablespoon cold water

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Method:

1. Cut the vegetables into very thin 2-3-inch strips. Heat the oil in a frying-pan. Add the garlic. When golden discard it.

2. Add the ginger and almost immediately the stock and vegetables. Cook for 2 minutes, moving them about.

3. Add the seasonings and soy sauce and cook them for 1/4 minute. Blend the corn-flour with the water and stir it into the boiling mixture. Gently cook for 1 1/2 minutes. Turn into a heated dish and serve.

Note: This julienne of vegetables is also used as a garnish for Chinese dishes. Especially useful if you want to make a dish look bigger than it is.