How to Cook Chinese Stir-Fry Scallops with Vegetables

Ingredients

• 400grams scallops 
  
  
  
• 1 carrot, peeled and sliced 
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into triangular shapes
• 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into triangular shapes
• 200grams snow peas 
  
  
  
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 1 slice ginger root, finely chopped
• few dashes of ground chilli powder 
  
  
  
• 1/2 cup vegetable stock 

Seasonings

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon corn flour
• 1 tablespoon cold water

Marinade for Scallops

• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine

Instructions

1. Marinade scallops with shaoxing wine, salt and ground white pepper. 
   

   
   
   
2. Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil. Stir-fry the garlic, ginger and chilli powder untill fragrant. 

   

   

   
   
3. Add carrots and keep stir-frying it for 1 minute. 

   

   

   
   
4. Add yellow and red peppers. Stir-fry them for 30 seconds. 

   

   

   
   
5. Add snow peas and mix it evenly. 

   

   

   
   
6. Add stock and cook at high-heat untill it has reduced a little bit. 

   

   
   
7. Add scallops and gently mix evenly.. Stir-fry it untill the scallops are cooked. This should only take about a couple of minutes, depending on the thickness and size of your scallops.

   

   

   
   
8. Mix the corn flour with cold water to make a slurry of corn flour water. Stir the corn flour water into the pot and bring it to a boil again. 

   

   
   
9. Serve the dish.