Serves: 4
Total Calories: 227

1 pound bean sprouts
2 to 4 stalks celery
2 tablespoons oils
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 cup Stock, Chicken or favorite stock

1. Blanch bean sprouts. Shred celery.

2. Heat oil. Add celery and stir-fry 1 minute. Add bean sprouts stir-fry 1 minute more.

3. Add salt, soy sauce and stock. Heat quickly then cook, covered, 2 to 3 minutes over medium heat. Serve at once.

VARIATIONS:
* In step 2, add, with the celery, 4 to 6 dried black mushrooms ( soaked) , shredded.
* In step 3, add, with the seasonings and stock, 1 slice fresh ginger root and 1 scallion stalk, both shredded.
* After step 3, thicken the sauce with a paste made of 1 teaspoon cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water.

The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 4
Total Calories: 227
Calories from Fat: 83

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