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Quick Pork Belly and Chicken Stir-Fry with Garlic Chives

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This Yunnanese dish is wonderful. So many layered flavors. You have the smoky flavor of the seared chilies, the slight spicy bite of the white pepper and then the crispy pork belly. The green onions and garlic chives come in at the end for a kick of freshness. 

If you can get the flowering chives, they work very well, but standard garlic chives are fine. Both can be found in most Asian markets. If neither are available, just sub normal chives. 

Note: You can also use pork tenderloin in place of the pork belly. 


Ingredients:

1/2 lb Pork belly, sliced into strips. 

1/2 lb Chicken breast, sliced thinly. 

5 cloves Garlic, minced

2 inch piece Ginger, peeled and minced. 

7-8 Xiao mi la Chilies, sub other dried chilies if you need to. 

1/4 tsp ground White Pepper

1 Tbsp Soy sauce 

1 Tbsp Rice Wine

4-5 Scallions, cut into 1 inch pieces 

1/4 cup Garlic chives, cut into 1/2 inch pieces. 

1 tsp Sesame oil

Preparation:

Begin by preparing all your veggies and meat, as the cooking goes fast. 

Heat your wok to smoking hot. Add oil, then pork belly and cook until crisp. 

Add chilies, white pepper, garlic, ginger and chicken. Stir fry until chicken is cooked. 

Add green onions, chives, soy and rice wine, stir fry and finish with sesame oil. Serve with steamed rice.

Quick Pork Belly and Chicken Stir-Fry with Garlic Chives

This Yunnanese dish is wonderful. So many layered flavors. You have the smoky flavor of the seared chilies, the slight spicy bite of the white pepper and then the crispy pork belly. The green onions and garlic chives come in at the end for a kick of freshness. 
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 lb Pork belly sliced into strips.
  • 1/2 lb Chicken breast sliced thinly.
  • 5 cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 inch piece Ginger peeled and minced.
  • 7-8 Xiao mi la Chilies sub other dried chilies if you need to.
  • 1/4 tsp ground White Pepper
  • 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp Rice Wine
  • 4-5 Scallions cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup Garlic chives cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil

Equipment

  • Wok

Method
 

  1. Begin by preparing all your veggies and meat, as the cooking goes fast.
  2. Heat your wok to smoking hot. Add oil, then pork belly and cook until crisp.
  3. Add chilies, white pepper, garlic, ginger and chicken. Stir fry until chicken is cooked.
  4. Add green onions, chives, soy and rice wine, stir fry and finish with sesame oil. Serve with steamed rice.

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Delicious Pork Belly with Garlic Chives Recipe

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I’ve been cooking for almost 40 years. I’ve made many sorts of food and dabbled in many cuisines, but I must say Asian cuisine is one of my favorites. The incredible diversity across the various cuisines is truly inspiring.

It’s hard to believe that after cooking all these wonderful dishes, that I’d never tried to cook with pork belly or garlic chives  What a revelation. The flavors are made for each other and the result was so good, I made it two nights in a row!

A quick note, garlic chives can easily be found in any Asian markets, and the ones with the garlic buds are worth serching out. Additionally, garlic scapes and garlic chives are not the same thing, but they are related.

Ingredients:

1/2 lb Pork Belly, cut into 1 inch pieces.

1 Tbsp Soy sauce

1 Tbsp Shaoxing Rice Wine

1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

2 cloves Garlic, minced

1 inch piece of Ginger Root, minced

4 – 6 Dried Chilies, depending on the heat you enjoy.

1/8 tsp White Pepper

1 tsp Sugar

1 bunch Garlic Chives, sliced into 2 inch pieces.

1 tsp Sesame oil

Preparation:

Marinate your pork belly in the soy sauce and rice wine. I marinaded mine overnight, but that’s not essential.

Then bring the marinaded pork belly up to room temp. Bring your oil to just smoking and add your pork and let it brown well. Use your skimmer or slotted spoon to remove the pork from the oil and pour off all but one Tbsp of oil.

Put your wok back on the burner and sauté your garlic, ginger, chilies and eventually your garlic chives at the very end.

Add back the pork belly and finish with sesame oil, white pepper and a bit of sugar.

Delicious Pork Belly with Garlic Chives Recipe

I’ve been cooking for almost 40 years. I’ve made many sorts of food and dabbled in many cuisines, but I must say Asian cuisine is one of my favorites. The incredible diversity across the various cuisines is truly inspiring.
It’s hard to believe that after cooking all these wonderful dishes, that I’d never tried to cook with pork belly or garlic chives  What a revelation. The flavors are made for each other and the result was so good, I made it two nights in a row!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 lb Pork Belly cut into 1 inch pieces.
  • 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp Shaoxing Rice Wine
  • 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 inch piece of Ginger Root minced
  • 4 – 6 Dried Chilies depending on the heat you enjoy.
  • 1/8 tsp White Pepper
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 bunch Garlic Chives sliced into 2 inch pieces.
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil

Equipment

  • Wok

Method
 

  1. Marinate your pork belly in the soy sauce and rice wine. I marinaded mine overnight, but that’s not essential.
  2. Then bring the marinaded pork belly up to room temp. Bring your oil to just smoking and add your pork and let it brown well. Use your skimmer or slotted spoon to remove the pork from the oil and pour off all but one Tbsp of oil.
  3. Put your wok back on the burner and sauté your garlic, ginger, chilies and eventually your garlic chives at the very end.
  4. Add back the pork belly and finish with sesame oil, white pepper and a bit of sugar.

Notes

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