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Cauliflower and Pork Stir-Fry

花菜炒肉

Cauliflower and Pork Stir-Fry

Prep
10 mins
Cook
15 mins
Calories
~970 kcal

Main Ingredients

  • A whole raw cauliflower with an ivory curd, pale-green stalk and a few green base leaves
    Cauliflower
    400 g
    Trimmed weight; divide into 3–4 cm florets and thinly slice thick stalks
  • Two fresh raw skin-on pork belly slabs with clearly visible alternating lean and fat layers.
    Pork Belly
    150 g
    Skinless boneless weight; sliced 2–3 mm thick
  • Optional
    one whole fresh raw red sweet bell pepper with a short intact green stem, natural lobed shape and subtle taut skin texture; no chili pepper
    Red Bell Pepper
    ½ piece
    Use half a medium red bell pepper, deseeded and cut into thin strips. Add with the cauliflower in Step 4 and stir-fry until crisp-tender. Omitted by default.

Seasonings

  • Five whole unpeeled raw garlic cloves in a loose natural cluster on a pure white background.
    Garlic
    3 cloves
    Peeled and sliced
  • Optional
    Four intact slender spring onions
    Spring Onion
    1 stalk
    Cut into lengths; separate whites and greens. Fry whites with the garlic in Step 4; fold greens in at the end of Step 5. Omitted by default.
  • Optional
    A small natural cluster of fresh slender red chili peppers with green stems
    Fresh Red Chili
    2 pieces
    Slice 2 small hot red chilies into rings. Fry with the garlic in Step 4 before adding cauliflower. Heat varies by variety. Omitted by default.
  • Reddish-brown light soy sauce in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Light soy sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Thick glossy dark-brown oyster sauce in a low matte cream ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Oyster sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Optional
    Clear light-amber Chinese cooking wine in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Chinese Cooking Wine
    ½ tbsp
    Add half a tablespoon around the wok after browning the pork in Step 3. Let the strong alcohol aroma dissipate before Step 4. Omitted by default.
  • Optional
    Fine matte-white cooking salt in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Salt
    —
    Add sparingly to taste in Step 5; soy sauce and oyster sauce already supply salt. Omitted by default.
  • Optional
    A low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish holding a gently domed mound of crystalline white granulated sugar on a pure white background.
    Granulated sugar
    1 pinch
    Add one pinch with the sauces in Step 5 and toss through; keep the dish savory. Omitted by default.
  • Clear pale straw-yellow cooking oil in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Cooking oil
    1 tsp
    Neutral cooking oil
  • A short clear glass tumbler filled with colorless water on a pure white background, with a visible waterline and natural refraction.
    Water
    —
    As needed for rinsing and blanching; discarded after use
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