Chinese Recipe : Shark's Fin Soup - Vegetarian

This is a vegetarian dish

Ingredients:

• 5 green bamboo shoots

A:

• 10 straw mushrooms
• 1 small piece of carrot
• A few snow peas
• ½ cup vegetarian shrimps

B:

• ½ tbsp vegetarian "sha cha jiang" (Chinese barbecue sauce)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp MSG (optional)
• 5 cup water

C:

• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 2 tbsp water

Directions:

1. Remove the shell from the bamboo shoots and boil in water for 20 minutes. Cut into sections. Make each section look like a shark fin by cutting only 2/3 of each section into thin strips. Deep fry in medium hot oil for 5 minutes.
2. Blanch the straw mushrooms in boiling water for 3 minutes; rinse and cut into halves. Cut the carrot into slices. Rinse the snow peas.
3. Heat the wok and add 2 tbsp oil, stir-fry 'A' lightly; add 'B' and bring to a boil, then add 'C" and stir fry thoroughly until mixed.
4. Sprinkle some sesame oil over the dish and serve.

Note:

If you use canned bamboo shoots, you have to boil them for a while in order to take away the sour taste.