Braised chinese cabbage
4 servings
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
2 | pounds | Napa (or celery) cabbage |
1 | teaspoon | Salt |
8 | \N | Chinese \"jyo\" black mushrooms |
1 | tablespoon | Dried shrimp |
¼ | cup | Sichuan preserved mustard green |
1 | tablespoon | Peanut oil |
1 | cup | Chicken stock |
¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
1 | tablespoon | Sherry |
½ | teaspoon | Sugar |
1 | teaspoon | Thin soy sauce |
\N | \N | Cornstarch paste |
1 | tablespoon | Rendered chicken fat |
Preparation: Wash & soak Chinese mushrooms & dried shrimp in warm water for 1 hour until soft. Mince shrimp. Remove hard stem from mushrooms. Wash & thinly slice mustard green. Separate cabbage leaves; blanch in salted boiling water for 30 seconds; drain; slice into 2" sections. In a bowl, combine stock, salt, sherry, sugar & soy sauce; reserve. Render chicken fat in small saucepan at medium heat; discard pieces of fat; keep oil hot.
Braising: Heat peanut oil in wok until hot but not smoking. Stir-fry mushrooms, shrimp & mustard green for 15 seconds. Add cabbage; stir- fry for 1 minute. Add stock mixture; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover wok, & simmer for 10 minutes, reducing liquid by half; add more stock if needed. Turn up heat; add enough cornstarch paste to make light sauce. Swirl in hot chicken oil. Serve.
Note: Cabbage leaves should become transparent, but avoid overcooking; they should be soft but not wilted.
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