Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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     1/4            Lb  fresh or frozen medium size shrimp
     1/3            Lb  fresh snowpeas
  8              Large  fresh or canned water chestnuts
     1/2           Cup  unpeeled straw mushrooms
  2          Teaspoons  fresh ginger -- minced
  2                     green onions
  3        Tablespoons  peanut oil
     1/2           Cup  chicken stock
  2          Teaspoons  thin soy sauce
  1           Teaspoon  dry sherry
     1/2      Teaspoon  salt
  1              Pinch  sugar
                        cornstarch paste

Preparation:

PREPARATION: Soak snowpeas in cold water for 2 hours to make crisp. Soak shrimp in salted cold water for 1 hour. Drain straw mushrooms. Break off ends of snowpeas. Peel and rinse water chestnuts. Shell shrimp, keeping tail intact. Deeply slit shrimp around upper curve (don't cut through), deveining and spreading shrimp almost flat. Cut fresh onion on the bias in 2" lengths. Slice water chestnuts thinly crosswise. In small bowl, mix stock, soy sauce, sherry, salt and sugar. STIR-FRYING: Swirl peanut oil into very hot wok. When oil begins to smoke, add shrimp and stir-fry until they curl (about 20 seconds). Remove shrimp to serving platter. Stir- fry mushrooms for 30 seconds; add garlic and ginger;stir-fry another 30 seconds. Add snowpeas and water chestnuts; stir- fry briskly for 1 minute. Add stock mixture; bring to boil; keep tossing until snowpeas are bright green. Push ingredients out of liquid, dribble in cornstarch paste to thicken slightly. Return ingredients, including shrimp. Stir briefly. Serve immediately. HINT: Snowpeas should be slightly undercooked when serve

Nutritional Information:

388 Calories (kcal); 41g Total Fat; (95% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 2145mg Sodium