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Stir-Fried Pork, Mushrooms, and Carrots

Name: Stir-Fried Pork, Mushrooms, and Carrots
Total time: 59 min
Yield: Serves 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked, stemmed and thinly sliced; 120 ml cold water, for soaking the mushrooms; 225 g lean pork butt, cut into 5 cm matchsticks; 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 1½ tsp cornstarch; ½ tsp soy sauce; ½ tsp sesame oil; 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 tbsp per stage; 1½ tsp garlic, minced; 2 cups Napa cabbage, shredded; 2 cups celery, cut into julienne; 1 cup carrots, cut into julienne; ½ cup canned shredded bamboo shoots, rinsed; ½ cup scallions, thinly sliced; 1¼ tsp salt, 1/4 tsp for the pork, 1 tsp at the end; ½ tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp for the pork, 1/4 tsp at the end; ¼ tsp ground white pepper

Pork cut into matchsticks and seared, then combined with shiitake, Napa cabbage, celery, carrot, bamboo shoots and scallion; every ingredient is cut fine so each bite carries a mix of textures and flavors.

YieldServes 4 as part of a multicourse meal
Hands-on29 min
Total59 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

6dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked, stemmed and thinly sliced
120 mlcold water, for soaking the mushrooms

Pork

225 glean pork butt, cut into 5 cm matchsticks
1 tspShaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1½ tspcornstarch
½ tspsoy sauce
½ tspsesame oil

Vegetables

2 tbspvegetable oil, 1 tbsp per stage
1½ tspgarlic, minced
2 cupsNapa cabbage, shredded
2 cupscelery, cut into julienne
1 cupcarrots, cut into julienne
½ cupcanned shredded bamboo shoots, rinsed
½ cupscallions, thinly sliced

Seasoning

1¼ tspsalt, 1/4 tsp for the pork, 1 tsp at the end
½ tspsugar, 1/4 tsp for the pork, 1/4 tsp at the end
¼ tspground white pepper

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Sesame
Celery
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Grapes
Onion family (any)
Garlic
Scallion (green onion)
Cabbage family (any)
Cabbage
Bamboo shoots
Carrot
Black and white pepper
Mushrooms (any)
Shiitake
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Pork
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Crisp

Equipment

Stovetop
Wok

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
30–60 min total
Difficulty 2
One pot
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: moderate
Carbs: low
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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