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Double Winter Stir-Fried Five-Spice Bacon
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Double Winter Stir-Fried Five-Spice Bacon (臘肉炒雙冬)

Category: Stir-Fry
Region: Hunan

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces five-spice cured bacon
  • 6 ounces bamboo shoots
  • 2 ounces dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 6 oz. garlic greens (蒜苗) or leeks
  • 1 red chili optional
  • 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons Shaoxing cooking wine (紹興料酒)

Instructions

  • Cut off the required amount of meat from a strip of five-spice cured bacon. Boil it in a wok with enough water to cover the meat completely. Cook for about 15 minutes. Drain the bacon and cool. Cut the bacon against the grain into slices of about 1/16 inch thick. Set aside.
  • Rehydrate the shiitake mushrooms in warm water for about 30 minutes. Remove the stems from the mushrooms and cut them into halves. Set them aside. Cut the bamboo shoots into 1/16 inch thick slices and set aside. Remove the dark green portion of the garlic greens. Cut the light green and white portion on the bias into 1/8 inch thick slices and set aside. Cut the red chili on the bias into 1/8 inch thick slices and set aside.
  • Swirls the vegetable oil into a hot wok to coat the bottom completely. Add the bacon to the wok and stir-fry until slightly crisp. Add the garlic slices and continue to stir-fry for another minute or so. Add the bamboo shoots, shiitake mushroom and cooking wine to the wok and continue to stir-fry for another two minutes. Add the garlic greens, red chili, salt and pepper and quickly stir-fry until the garlic greens are just beginning to wilt or about one minute. Plate and serve immediately.