Long Life Noodles

It's tradition to serve noodles for Media Noche so this year I wanted something different than the usual pancit or spaghetti with meat sauce. Jaden Hair and her site www.steamykitchen.com to the rescue! She's got a special page specifically for Chinese New Year! What a find! She is my food goddess! Of course I didn't have thin spaghetti and I forgot to buy the Chinese rice wine, so, improvise, improvise, improvise!!! My mom loved it to say the least!

Ingredients:
6 oz whole wheat spaghetti noodles (i think pansit canton noodles would work very well with this!)
1/2 lb shrimp, shelled, deveined
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp cornstarch
1 tbs cooking oil
1 tsp finely minced garlic
1 small shallot, finely chopped
1/4 cup snow peas (or snap peas, I misread her recipe and got 1 package of snap peas, half of which I was to use for another recipe anyway!), sliced thin on diagonal
1/4 cup matchstick cut carrots
1/4 cup celery, sliced thinly on diagonal
2 tsp soy sauce (NOT Kikkoman ok???)
1 tsp Chinese rice wine (I used dry white wine)
1/4 tsp sesame oil
1 tbs sesame seeds
black pepper

Directions:
1. Cook spaghetti noodles in salted water, al dente, drain, set aside
2. While pasta is cooking, place shrimp in a small bowl and add 1/2 tsp of salt and cornstarch. Mix well and let sit (about 8 min). Rinse the shrimp well, washing off the salt and cornstarch. Pat dry with paper towels.
3. Once pasta is done, heat cooking oil on high in a large wok or skillet until a bead of water sizzles and evaporates upon contact.
4. Add the shrimp and fry until halfway cooked through, 1 min on each side. Take out of the heat and set aside.
5. You should have about 1 tsp of oil left, add a little bit more if you have less.
6. Turn the heat down to medium and add garlic and shallots. Saute until fragrant then add celery. Saute for about 1 min then add the snow peas and carrots. Saute for about 1 min until carrots and snow peas are cooked but still crunchy.
7. Add the soy sauce and wine. Add some black pepper. When it starts to simmer, add the spaghetti noodles and the shrimp. Toss to combine.
8. Let cook for about 2 min or until shrimp is cooked through
9. Toss with sesame oil and sesame seeds.
10. Serve while hot.