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                          STIR-FRIED FIDDLEHEADS

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Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Side dishes                      Kooknet

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       lb           Fiddlehead Ferns
   1                    Clove Garlic, minced
   1                    Scallion, minced
   2       ts           Fresh Ginger Root, minced
   1 1/2   tb           Vegetable Oil
   1       tb           Hot Water
   1       t            Soy Sauce
   1       tb           Oyster Sauce

  Clean fiddleheads and remove the skin. Trim the ends.
  Mince garlic, scallion and ginger.
  
  Heat a wok almost to smoking and swirl in the oil.
  Add the garlic, scallion and ginger and stir-fry for
  10 seconds.  Add fiddleheads (drained, if using
  canned); stir-fry for 30 seconds.  Add hot water and
  cook the ferns for 1 to 2 minutes, or until still
  crisp yet tender. Stir in soy sauce and oyster sauce
  and cook for 20 seconds. Correct seasonings, adding
  more oyster sauce if desired.  Serve at once.
  
  Per serving:  83 calories; 4 gm protein; 5 gm
  carbohydrates; 6 gm fat; 0.8 gm saturated fat; 1 mg
  cholesterol; 117 mg sodium.
  
  From Steven Raichlen's 05/02/90 "No Time to Fiddle
  Around: The Season is Short for the Elusive Ostrich
  Fern Sprout" article in "The Washington (DC) Post."
  Pg. E16.  Posted by Cathy Harned.
  
  Submitted By CATHY HARNED   On   07-15-94 (1445)
 


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