STIR FRIED SNOW PEAS WITH CHINESE SAUSAGE AND GINGER

7 ounces snow peas

salt

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

a few slices peeled fresh ginger

a good pinch of sugar

1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine

1.Cut the sausage at an angle into very thin oval slices.

2. Blanch the snow peas for a few seconds in lightly salted boiling water, then refresh under cold tap water and dry thoroughly.

3. Heat a seasoned wok over a high flame. Pour in the oil, swirl it around, then add the sliced sausage and ginger and stir fry until cooked through and fragrant.

4. Add the snow peas, 1 tablespoon water, the sugar, Shaoxing wine and salt to taste, and stir fry briefly to reheat the snow peas and fuse the flavors. Serve.

from Fuchsia Dunlop, Every Grain of Rice