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                           STIR-FRIED ASPARAGUS

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Serving Size  : 4    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Vegetables                       Main Dish

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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                        DAVIS   (MWMV49A)
   2      tablespoons   Vegetable oil
  20      milliliters   Garlic -- minced
   1      pound         Fresh asparagus; -- stalks
                        & cut into 2" pieces
   2      tablespoons   Black bean sauce
     1/4  cup           Chicken broth
   1      tablespoon    Soy sauce
   2      tablespoons   Sesame oil

Add oil to a large nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add garlic and stir for about 1 minute. Add asparagus tips and stalk pieces and stir-fry for 3 minutes.  Mix together black bean sauce, chicken broth, soy sauce and sesame oil in a small container, then pour over asparagus. Stir and let cook for another minute until sauce is heated through and asparagus is tender-crisp.  Serve immediately.

 From Candy Sagon, "Washington Post", 4/22/92.

 Per serving: 171 calories, 5 gm protein, 8 gm carbohydrates, 15 gm fat, 2 gm saturated fat, 2 mg cholesterol, 1063 mg sodium.



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