It’s about fire. It’s about the wok. You can’t be afraid of high heat and cook this dish.
I tried to follow the recipe as much as possible with the cook book except that I switched the amount for dried shrimp and meat. It wasn’t much like what I’ve eaten in Sichuan restaurants in Malaysia. They tend to make it spicy and tie the whole dish together with cornstarch.
But this version from this book is absolutely dry.
I loved to cook this when I was a teenager. It was easy and yummy.
Some people pick the ends of the sprouts to make the dish look more presentable. For me, I can't be bothered about it. It's not that they are inedible.
It's quite a no brainer dish, just go with your heart, as much of everything as you like :) Add in some sliced chilli if you like it with some heat.