Stir-fried Bitter Lettuce with Red Wine Lees
A Chinese recipe for stir-fried bitter lettuce in fermented rice water, featuring bitter lettuce, cilantro, garlic, red chili, and pork cracklings.
Ingredients
bitter lettuce
1 handful
cilantro
2 heads
garlic
to taste
red chili
to taste
pork cracklings
to taste
Instructions
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Step 1
We call this vegetable pointed-leaf bitter wheat, also known as ribbon wheat.
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Step 2
Cilantro.
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Step 3
Cut the bitter lettuce into sections.
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Step 4
Prepare an appropriate amount of minced garlic, red chili shreds, and pork cracklings.
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Step 5
Add soy sauce and starch to a bowl, then add an appropriate amount of water to make a sauce.
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Step 6
Bring water to a boil in a pot, add an appropriate amount of oil and salt, blanch the bitter lettuce for 30 seconds, then remove and set aside.
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Step 7
Heat oil in a pan, and sauté the minced garlic until fragrant.
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Step 8
Pour in the pork cracklings and red chili shreds.
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Step 9
Add the bitter lettuce.
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Step 10
Add a spoonful of red wine lees.
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Step 11
Stir-fry briefly.
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Step 12
Pour in the sauce.
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Step 13
Finally add the cilantro (skip if you don't like it), stir-fry until well-flavored, then serve.
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Step 14
Done. A plate of dish to enjoy all the flavors.
