Simple cabbage stir fry recipe
With just 5 ingredients, this flavourful cabbage stir fry is ready in 12 minutes flat.Tender cabbage is cooked with green onion, red capsicum and chilli-blackbean paste for an addictive Asian-inspired dish.
Equipment
- Kitchen scales
- Sharp knife
- Non-stick skillet or frying pan
- Wooden spoon
- Cutting board
Ingredients
- 150 grams pork mince
- 20 g red capsicum /bell Pepper
- 20 g green onion /shallots
- 1 Tbsp chilli-blackbean paste
- 75 g cabbage
Instructions
- Julienne cut the 20 g red capsicum into thin strips.
- Thinly slice the 20 g green onion.
- Hand tear the 75 g cabbage into bite size pieces. (see notes below)
- Sear 150 grams pork mince in a non-stick pan until brown and fat is rendered.
- Add shallots and capsicum/bell peppers. Saute until aromatic.
- Add 1 Tbsp chilli-blackbean paste. Stir well.
- Add cabbage and toss for 1-2 minutes.
- Serve hot.
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Notes
Preparing the cabbage for your Chinese cabbage stir-fry
Hand tearing makes it easier to remove the stem of each cabbage leaf.
Since this is a quick stir-fry, the hard, thick stems wouldn’t cook through to tender, where thin leaves are ready to be dished out.
When cut by a knife, several layers of the cabbage tend to stay together. Hand tearing will make sure each piece is separated.
Cabbage Stir Fry serving suggestions
- This stir fry is perfect for a lunch with a side dish of Pork Wontons.
- If you want a slightly heavier meal serve with some Cold rice salad.
Recipe Variations
- dt>Chicken cabbage stir fry.
- Create your own chicken and cabbage stir fry by substituting the minced pork with minced chicken.
- Cabbage stir fry with beef.
- Make a beef and cabbage stir fry. Simply substituting the minced pork with beef mince will do the trick. Fold in when the cabbage is done.
- Cabbage stir fry with bacon.
- Make a bacon cabbage stir fry. Simply chop 1 bacon rasher into small pieces and dry fry in a non-stick frypan. Fold in when the cabbage is done.
- Vegetarian cabbage stir fry.
- To make this Cabbage stir fry vegetarian, simply substitute the pork with ¼ cup of diced mushrooms. Add the mushrooms when sauteing the green onion and capsicum.