Stir-Fried Shrimp with Cabbage and Black Beans

• 2 tablespoons fermented black beans (page 207)
• 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine, dry sherry, or white wine
• 3 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
• 1 pound green or other cabbage, cored and roughly chopped (not finely shredded)
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon peeled and minced fresh ginger
• 4 or 5 small dried chiles
• 1 1/2 pounds shrimp, roughly 30 to 40, peeled
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• Salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
• 1/4 cup minced scallion, green part only, for garnish

1. Soak the black beans in the wine.
2. Put 2 tablespoons of the oil in a wide skillet, preferably nonstick, and turn the heat to high.
3. A minute later, add the cabbage and cook, stirring occasionally, until glossy and beginning to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Remove with a slotted spoon.
5. Still over high heat, add the remaining oil, along with the garlic, ginger, and chiles; cook, stirring once or twice, for 15 to 30 seconds.
6. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 2 minutes.
7. Turn the heat to medium.
8. Return the cabbage to the skillet, along with the black beans and their liquid and the soy sauce.
9. Cook, stirring, for about a minute.
10. Taste and salt.
11. Drizzle with the sesame oil, garnish with the scallion, and serve.

black beans, shaoxing wine, peanut, green, garlic, fresh ginger, chiles, shrimp, soy sauce, salt, dark sesame oil, scallion

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/stir-fried-shrimp-with-cabbage-and-black-beans-386105 (may not work)