Fish Slices - Peking Style

1 lb Fish fillets, cubed
Cornstarch for dredging fish
Oil for deep frying
2 + dried chile peppers
1 Thin slice of ginger, minced
2 To 3 cloves of garlic
2 Scallions, chopped coarsely
2 Dried shiitake mushrooms

Marinade
1/2 ts Salt
1/8 ts White pepper
1/4 ts Sugar
2 tb Dry sherry
1 ts Freshly minced ginger
1 Beaten egg

Sauce
1 tb White vinegar
4 ts Sugar
3 tb Black soy sauce
2 tb Rice wine
1 c Chicken broth
2 tb Cornstarch mixed with 3 TB water
1 ts Sesame oil

Mix marinade, plop fish slices into marinade and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Place dried mushrooms in warm water for 15 + minutes to soften.

Dredge marinated fish slices in cornstarch while heating oil in wok.

Deep fry fish slices until they are light brown. Dry fish slices on paper towel.

Remove all but two TB of oil from the wok. Stir fry the garlic, chilies, ginger and scallions. Add the mushrooms, stir in the sauce mixture until sauce comes to a boil and then stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook until thickened.

Return the fish slices to the wok, swirl in sesame seed oil.

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