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Stir-Fry Scallops With Gai Lan
Food Ingredients:
1 bunch of Gai Lan (If it’s not available, you can opt for broccoli) 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 9 pieces fresh raw scallops 100 milliliters stock/plain water 4 tablespoons Cooking/Vegetable oil Cornstarch mixture (about ½ tbsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp Seasoning: 1 teaspoon salt (to your taste) 1/2 teaspoon sugar (to your taste) Chicken stock powder (optional)
Recipe preparation:
1 Give scallops a rinse, then brine (just enough to cover) 5 minutes before cook, drain. Wash Chinese broccoli, trim ½ inch from the end of stalks, remove rough skin and discard. For easy cooking, if stems are too thick, half the stem and cut into bite-sized pieces (about 2 inches long). Separate the stalks from leaves. Heat oil on high and sauté garlic till fragrant, add in Ga Lan stems, toss a while then followed by Gai Lan leaves. Stir to coat all leaves and stalks with oil. Stir fry for 2 minutes; add in seasoning then stock/plain water. Toss in scallops, give a few quick stir about another 2 minutes or until Gai Lan’s stalks a
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
