Chinese Sweet & Sour Lamb

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb lamb shoulder, cubed
• 1 (14 ounce) can bamboo shoots, drained and thinly sliced
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1 green pepper, thinly sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons rice wine or 2 teaspoons dry sherry
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 1/2 cups peanut oil
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons malt vinegar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• sea salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl mix salt, rice wine or sherry and egg. stir in lamb to evenly coat. remove lamb and roll in cornstarch to coat evenly. in a wok, heat peanut oil until hot, deep fry lamb 5 minutes until crispy. use a slotted spoon to remove lamb from oil, drain lamb on paper towels.
• 2 pour out oil from wok leaving 2 tablespoons, add bamboo shoots, green onions, green pepper and garlic and stir fry for 3 minutes. stir in lamb and heat thoroughly.
• 3 to make sauce:.
• 4 in a saucepan stir together, sauce ingredients and place over medium heat and cook for 4 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 5 pour sauce over lamb and vegetables.
• 6 sprinkle with sesame oil and serve.