Chinese Salad

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Preparation  : 15 minute

Cooking Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 4   

 

This Chinese salad is so refreshing and light with beautiful flavours filtering through the dish it will make you want to come back for more.

INGREDIENTS

 
  • 100gm vermicelli noodles - very fine
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp Chinese black vinegar
  • 1 large Chinese cabbage

  • 4 spring onions

  • 1 tbsp peanut oil

 

  • 500gm pork mince
  • 3 tsp light soy

  • ˝ tsp sesame oil

  • 1 red capsicum

  • 2 tsp fresh grated garlic

 

 

METHOD

1.    Remove several outer green leaves of Chinese cabbage to leave white leaves only, discard green leaves.  Leaving cabbage intact wash thoroughly and cut bunch in half length ways, then thinly 6mm thick across ways.  Place in large bowl.

2.    Clean red  capsicum and slice length ways after removing stork end, remove seeds.   Slice thinly 4mm and place in bowl.

3.    Wash  spring onions and remove root end. Remove most of green end, cut length ways and slice white portion finely 3mm.  Add to bowl.

4.    Grate 2 tsp (8 knobs) of garlic and place 1 tsp into bowl and set aside the other.

5.    Boil water in pot and add vermicelli, cook 2 minutes remove and place immediately in cold water, set aside.

6.    Prepare wok and heat oil very hot.  Swirl to coat wok sides, add  pork mince, salt,  light soy and sauté,  Add Chinese  vinegar, 1 tsp garlic and sauté 1 -2  minutes.

7.    Pour cooked pork over vegetables.

8.    Remove cooked vermicelli and cut into 32mm lengths, and add to salad.

9.    Add  sesame oil and thoroughly mix all ingredients together.

10.  Serve in suitable bowl.

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Recipe with the compliments of Alex and Lucy Zao. Perth Western Australia

 

 

 

 

 
 
   

Copyright © 2006 Mike & Bernice Buck