Stir-Fried Seafood (Do Bien Xao)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 ounces fresh ginger, peeled and julienned
• 3 scallions, root ends and tough green tops removed, cut into 1 1/2" pieces and halved lengthwise
• 1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced diagonally
• 4 ounces snowpeas
• 8 medium shrimp, shelled, butterflied, deveined
• 8 large sea scallops, shelled
• 12 squid tubes, halved lengthwise and scored
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• coarse sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 4 sprigs cilantro, stems removed

Method

• Heat the oil in a wok over high heat. Stir-fry the ginger and scallions until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add the carrots and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add the snow peas, shrimp, scallops, squid, chicken stock and fih sauce and season with salt and pepper.
• Stir-fry until the seafood turns opaque and is cooked through, about 6 minutes total. Transfer to a serving platte, garnish wit cilantro, and serve with rice or thin and crispy egg noodles.

Notes

• Source:
• ""Authentic Vietnamese Cookiing: Food from a Family Table""
• SERVINGS: 4
• SOURCE: Corinne Trang