Here’s another divine recipe I tried that I’m sure you’ll like: (especially all you vegans out there!)
Ingredients:
250g bean sprouts
10 dried mushrooms
4 green shallots
2 tbsps oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tsps light soy sauce
2 tsps dry sherry
2 tsps cornflour
1/4 cup water
Procedure:
Soak mushrooms in boiling water for 20 minutes; drain. Remove and discard stems, chop caps finely. Wash and drain bean sprouts, slice shallots diagonally. Heat oil in wok, add garlic, mushrooms and shallots, stir-fry 1 minute. Add bean sprouts, toss through, add sauces, sherry and blended cornflour and water. Stir-fry until mixture boils and thickens.
Happy cooking!

See these white bean sprouts? Think I got them this way? Nuh-uh. I just spent the better part of an hour tailing them so they look nice and healthy. Because no one likes biting into a mouthful of ho fan, crunching on that sprout, and then suddenly encountering a rotten beany taste at the end of that mouthful. Yucch!
There are days when I’d just as soon make an ice sculpture than tail these babies. But if you’ve been trained by a fastidious Asian cook (like my mom), you will (or should) tail …read more