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Dry-Pot Cauliflower with Pork Belly

干锅花菜

Cauliflower cooks in rendered pork belly fat with chiles, garlic and doubanjiang in this dry-pot-style stir-fry.

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Cauliflower florets with pork belly, dried chiles and green peppers.
Dry-Pot Cauliflower with Pork Belly
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Ingredients

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  • cauliflower, washed and drained
  • pork belly
  • green and red chiles
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • dried chiles
  • scallions
  • 1 spoonfuldoubanjiang
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
  • a littlesugar

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Slice the pork belly and prepare the drained cauliflower, chiles and aromatics.

  2. 02

    Fry pork belly until it releases fat. Add garlic, ginger, dried chiles and scallions and fry until fragrant.

  3. 03

    Add doubanjiang and stir-fry, then add cauliflower, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar.

  4. 04

    Cook until the cauliflower is tender, then add green and red chiles and scallion greens and toss.

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Dry-Pot Cauliflower with Pork Belly

Cauliflower cooks in rendered pork belly fat with chiles, garlic and doubanjiang in this dry-pot-style stir-fry.

Ingredients

  • cauliflower, washed and drained
  • pork belly
  • green and red chiles
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • dried chiles
  • scallions
  • 1 spoonfuldoubanjiang
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
  • a littlesugar

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Method

  1. 01

    Slice the pork belly and prepare the drained cauliflower, chiles and aromatics.

  2. 02

    Fry pork belly until it releases fat. Add garlic, ginger, dried chiles and scallions and fry until fragrant.

  3. 03

    Add doubanjiang and stir-fry, then add cauliflower, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar.

  4. 04

    Cook until the cauliflower is tender, then add green and red chiles and scallion greens and toss.