Asparagus With Fried Dace

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons lee kum kee black bean garlic sauce
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 lbs fresh asparagus, trimmed
• 1 1/2 cups clam juice
• 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• cornstarch roux
• 6 1/2 ounces fried dace with black beans, drain off the oil
• 2 stalks green onions, sliced

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl combine the black bean, garlic, shallot, salt and pepper and blend well and set aside until needed.
• 2 heat a wok over high heat add oil and when the oil start to smoke add black bean mixture and asparagus and stir fry for 2 minutes. pour in the clam juice; oyster sauce and sugar bring to a boil. after 4 minute add cornstarch roux to thicken the sauce. blend in the dace strips and green onion and blend well.
• 3 you can buy the fried dace fish with black bean from a chinese store.