Name: Sichuan Stir-Fried Puffballs
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons lard, (peanut oil or vegetable oil); 3 tablespoons Chinese chile bean paste; 2 garlic cloves, (sliced into thin slivers); 2 tablespoons Chinese fermented black bean paste; 2-8 hot dried chiles, (broken into pieces); 1 pound puffball mushrooms (or other mushrooms, or tofu); 1/4 cup Chinese rice wine or sherry; 1 cup vegetable, (chicken or game stock); 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 4-6 baby leeks or scallions, (sliced diagonally into 1-inch pieces); 2 tablespoons corn starch, (mixed with 6 tablespoons cold water); 1 teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorns