Chinese Stir-Fry Scallop With Vegetables Recipe

Mar 02 2023

Recipe for really delicious Sixi Scallop. This dish is a perfect Chinese stir-fry dish complete with delicious scallops and vegetables

Ingredients

Ingredients for Scallops:
1
pound/400 grams scallops
1
medium carrot (washed and peeled; cut it into slices)
1
red bell pepper (cut it into 2 cm diamond shape)
1
yellow bell pepper (cut it into 2 cm diamond shape)
8
ounces/200 grams snow peas (mangetout)
1
clove garlic (chop finely)
1
slice ginger (chop finely)
½
chilli (cut into thin slice)
½
cup chicken stock (you can also use chicken broth or vegetable stock to really enhance the flavors)
Seasonings:
2
teaspoons salt
2
tablespoons potato starch (or corn flour)
2
tablespoons cold water
Marinade for Scallops:
¼
teaspoon salt
½
teaspoon white pepper (ground)
1
tablespoon rice wine

Step 1
Marinade scallops with rice wine or dried sherry, salt and ground white pepper.
Step 2
Heat up a wok with 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the garlic, ginger and chili until fragrant
Step 3
Add carrot and keep stir-frying for 1 minute.
Step 4
Add yellow and red pepper and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
Step 5
Add mangetout (snow peas) and mix it evenly, then add stock and cook at high heat until the stock has reduced a little bit. (about 1/3 of stock)
Step 6
Add scallop and gently mix evenly and stir-fry until the scallops are cooked. This should only take a couple minutes but it depends on the thickness and the size of your scallop.
Step 7
Mix the potato starch with cold water to make a slurry of potato starch water. Stir the potato starch water into the pot and bring it to boil again. It’s now ready to serve.