Stir-fried Loofah with Chicken Liver
A home-style dish of stir-fried loofah and chicken liver, light yet richly aromatic, with a fresh, delicious flavor.
Ingredients
Loofah (washed, peeled, deseeded, sliced)
200 g
Chicken liver (washed, cut into thin slices)
200 g
Carrot (washed, sliced)
50 g
Ginger (washed, peeled, sliced)
1 small piece
Starch (for marinating chicken liver and thickening)
to taste
White sugar
2 tsp
MSG
2 tsp
Cooking oil
25 g
Sesame oil (added for fragrance)
1 tsp
Cooking wine (for marinating chicken liver)
1 tsp
White pepper powder
a pinch
Fine salt
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Prepare Ingredients
Wash the loofah, peel it, deseed it and slice it; wash the chicken liver and cut into thin slices, wash the carrot and slice it, wash the ginger, peel it and slice it.
2
Marinate the Chicken Liver
Marinate the chicken liver with a pinch of salt, cooking wine, water and starch for 5 minutes; blanch the chicken liver in boiling water until 80% cooked, then remove and drain the water.
3
Stir-fry
Add cooking oil to a wok and heat it up, add ginger, loofah and carrot slices and stir-fry briefly, then add chicken liver, white pepper powder, salt, sugar and MSG, stir-fry until well combined, thicken the sauce with water starch, drizzle with sesame oil, then serve.