Shrimp With Snow Peas

I've been very busy since December for baking X'mas cookies & chocolate tart for my daughters' teachers as a gifts.  Then Chinese New Year cookies order in January.  I was so damn tired that hubby was so nice to cook us dinner.  He used to cook meal for me before we had kids.  After having our 3rd child, a son, I begun to learn how to cook & bake.  Since then he had laid off for quite awhile.  So, here is the dish that hubby cooked.....

Ingredients:
1 pound shrimp ~ peeled & deveined

6 oz snow peas ~ removed strings

3 cloves garlic ~ minced

2” fresh ginger ~ minced

Chives ~ chopped

2 cups cold water

1/3 cup chicken broth

2 tsp rice wine

1½ tsp soy sauce

1½ tsp cornstarch

¾ tsp sugar

1 tsp ground white pepper

Oil

Salt

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, stir salt into water until dissolved.  Add shrimp & set aside for about 5 minutes.  Rinse shrimps & dry on paper towels.
2. In a small bowl, mix together broth, rice wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, sugar & pepper.   Set aside.
3. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat.  Cook shrimp, turning constantly until pink on all sides about 1 minute.  Stir in garlic, ginger & 2 tsp oil.   Stir in snow peas, chives & ¼ tsp salt; stir-fry 1 minute more.
4. Stir broth mixture into skillet & continue cooking until sauce thickens.  Serve immediately.