Asparagus With Fried Dace - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons lee kum kee black bean garlic sauce
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon minced shallot
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon white 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

Preparation

In a mixing bowl combine the black bean, garlic, shallot, salt and pepper and blend well and set aside until needed.
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.
You can buy the fried dace fish with black bean from a Chinese store.