Chinese home cooking

Garlic Clam Stir-Fry

Name: Garlic Clam Stir-Fry
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: clams; water; a little salt; a little cooking oil for purging; scallions; ginger; cooking wine; 2 spoonfuls light soy sauce; 1 spoonful oyster sauce; a little dark soy sauce; a little sugar; 1 spoonful starch; water for sauce; garlic; bird's eye chiles; cooking oil

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Opened clams on half shells are briefly stir-fried with garlic, chiles and a thickened soy-and-oyster sauce.

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Published 2026-10-12

Opened clams with chopped garlic, red chiles and scallions. — Garlic Clam Stir-Fry

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

clams
water
a littlesalt
a littlecooking oil for purging
scallions
ginger
cooking wine
2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
1 spoonfuloyster sauce
a littledark soy sauce
a littlesugar
1 spoonfulstarch
water for sauce
garlic
bird's eye chiles
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Put clams in water with salt and a little oil for 1–2 hours to purge grit.
02
Boil water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine. Add clams and lift out when open. Cool, rinse and drain, then remove the empty shell halves.
03
Mix soy sauces, oyster sauce, sugar, starch and water.
04
Fry minced garlic and chopped chiles in oil. Add clams and sauce and toss until coated. Finish with scallion sections.

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Cooking Method

Stir-Fry ↗

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