Chinese Cabbage & Bok Choy Salted Pork Belly in Sauce. Cabbages come in all different shapes and sizes, and Chinese cabbage is one of the four main varieties of cabbage (along with green, red and savoy). Regular cabbage grows into a round sphere, its leaves curling inward until they form a tight ball. The scientific name for Chinese cabbage is Brassica rapa.
Napa cabbage is a large-headed cabbage with firmly packed, pale green leaves that you will usually find next to bok choy in Western supermarkets. More healthy than Western cabbages, Napa cabbage is rich in Vitamin C and other nutrients. It is also a Yin food in Chinese cooking. You can have Chinese Cabbage & Bok Choy Salted Pork Belly in Sauce using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chinese Cabbage & Bok Choy Salted Pork Belly in Sauce
- Prepare 200 grams of Thinly sliced pork belly.
- You need 1/6 of Chinese cabbage.
- Prepare 2 of heads, Bok choy.
- You need 2 tsp of Garlic.
- You need of Flavoring ingredients:.
- You need 1 of Salt and pepper (to taste).
- You need 1 tbsp of Chicken stock granules.
- You need 1 tbsp of Sesame oil.
- You need 1 of Katakuriko slurry (as needed).
Sprinkle with salt, pepper and soy sauce. Chinese cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) is an oriental vegetable that is used a lot in sandwiches and salads instead of lettuce. The leaves are tender like lettuce even though it is a cabbage. Unlike regular cabbage, the thick veins in the leaves are actually sweet and tender.
Chinese Cabbage & Bok Choy Salted Pork Belly in Sauce instructions
- Cut the cabbage core to about 1 cm width, and the leaves to about 2-3 cm..
- Cut the bok choy into 3-4 cm pieces..
- Heat sliced garlic in a pan with sesame oil. Once it's fragrant, add pork belly cut into bite-sized pieces..
- Once the meat has cooked, cook the cabbage core, bok choy leaves, and cabbage leaves in that order. Flavor with salt, pepper, and chicken stock. Pour water-dissolved katakuriko to add thickness..
- Weipa is also delicious in place of chicken stock. In that case, be careful of the salt..
Growing Chinese cabbage is a great addition to any vegetable garden. Chinese cabbage (Brassica Pekinensis) is also known as Napa cabbage or Chinese leaves. It is an elongated rather than round-headed cabbage. Cut off the core of the cabbage with a paring knife or with the tip of the chef knife. Bring a pot of water to boil and submerge the cabbage.