Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Calamari Stir Fry

1.5kg calamari pieces (pineapple cut)
Peanut oil
6 cloves garlic, crushed and minced
6 onions, diced
1kg Broccoli, cut into small florets
6 sticks of celery, cut on the diagonal
8 large carrots, cut into thin sticks
1 each green and red capsicums diced
250g bean shoots
1/2 cup sesame seeds
Sauce
2tbsp cup fish sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
2 tbs white sugar
1/4 cup cornflour
2 cups chicken stock
1/4 cup white vinegar

Wash and steam rice.
Mix all sauce ingredients together and heat on stove top
Heat wok or fry pan until hot. Add a drizzle of peanut oil, stir fry onion and garlic and vegetables until fragrant. Stir fry vegetables in a few batches and keep warm in the oven while the remaining vegetables are done. Add a little more oil to the wok with each batch. Vegetables need to be cooked untill they are hot all the way through, but still crisp.
Stir fry the calamari in batches adding each batch to the vegetables. Pour the hot sauce mixture over the vegetables and calamari, stir to coat and combine. Sprinkle liberally with sesame seeds and serve with steamed rice.

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