How To Cook Stir-Fry Asparagus with Shrimps

 

Ingredients

• 175g-230g asparagus
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2.5cm ginger, peeled and sliced thinly
• 9-12 medium-sized shrimps, peeled and deveined
• some sliced carrots

Preparation of sauce

• 1.5 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1,5 tablespoon sugar
• 0.75 tablespoon cornstarch
• 12 tablespoons water
• 1.5 teaspoon Shaoxing wine
• 0.38 teaspoon sesame oil

Instructions

1. Cut 1 inch (2.5cm) off the bottom stems of the asparagus. You may peel the skin off the stems with a peeler. Rinse the asparagus under water and drain well. Mix the sauce ingredients and set aside.
2. Heat a wok and add cooking oil untill hot. Add ginger and stir-fry it untill light brown and aromatic. Add shrimps and carrots. Stir it quickly untill the shrimps are half-cooked. 
   
   
   
3. Add the asparagus to the wok and stir quickly. Pour the sauce mixture into the wok and continue to stir-fry untill it thickens. At this point, the asparagus should be nicely cooked. 

   
   
4. Dish out and serve it immediately with steamed white rice.