Stir-fried Pork Stomach Tips with Green Bamboo Shoots
A signature summer dish from Youxi, Fujian, made by quick-stir-frying pork stomach tips with tender green bamboo shoot tips.
Ingredients
Instructions
Prepare the stomach tips
Remove the surface membrane from the pork stomach tips, soak in clean water for 30 minutes, then drain. Blanch briefly in a pot of boiling water, then remove. Slice diagonally into thin slices 5 cm long and 1.7 cm wide.
Prepare the bamboo shoots
Cut the green bamboo shoot tips into thin slices 5 cm long and 1.7 cm wide. Blanch in a pot of boiling water until about 80% cooked, then remove and drain.
Stir-fry
Place a wok over high heat, add the cooked pork lard, and heat until about 60% hot (around 150 °C). Add the minced garlic and minced scallion and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the stomach slices and bamboo shoot slices and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add the sugar, vinegar, fine salt, and MSG and stir to combine, then pour in the clear meat broth and bring to a boil. Thicken with a loose slurry of wet cornstarch, transfer to a plate, drizzle with sesame oil, sprinkle with white pepper, and serve immediately.