Two Sides Brown | Saveur

Ingredients

• 4 dried shiitake mushrooms
• ¹⁄₂ lb. shi dan mian (thin egg noodles)
• 1 tsp. shaoxing (Chinese rice wine)
• 3 tsp. cornstarch
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. salt
• 16 jumbo shrimp, shelled, deveined, and butterflied
• ¹⁄₂ cup vegetable oil
• 2 scallions, white parts only, julienned
• 6 thin slices peeled fresh ginger, julienned
• ¹⁄₄ lb. Smithfield ham, julienned
• 1 lb. fresh spinach, washed and blanched
• 2 cups unsalted chicken stock
• 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
• 2 tsp. sesame oil
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. sugar
• Freshly ground black pepper