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Stir-Fried Cabbage and Pork in Fish Sauce Butter

This quick, weeknight cabbage and pork stir-fry is humble in ingredients yet packed with flavor, thanks to briny fish sauce, rich brown butter and potent aromatics (ginger, garlic and red-pepper flakes) Chopped cabbage gets a nice char in butter that browns as it cooks, adding richness to the lean vegetable Fast-cooking ground pork is infused with garlic, ginger and scallions, and the final addition of salty fish sauce, bright lime juice and chopped fresh cilantro creates a punchy sauce

Chinese30 minhard4 servings
Stir-Fried Cabbage and Pork in Fish Sauce Butter

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon neutral oil, such as can ola or safflower
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • Salt and pepper
  • 3 scallions, thinly slice d
  • 3 garlic clove s, minced
  • 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
  • 3 tablespoon sunsalted butter
  • 1 pound green or red cabbage, chopped into 1-inch piece s (about 5 cup s)
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice, plus wedges for serving
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
  • Cooked rice (such as short-grain white or brown rice), for serving

Instructions

  1. In a 12 inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium high. Add pork, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking up the meat until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
  2. Add scallions, garlic and ginger, and stir until fragrant, 30 seconds. Transfer the pork mixture to a plate.
  3. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter to the skillet and stir until melted. Add cabbage, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp tender and golden in spots, 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in the pork mixture (and any accumulated juices), then add fish sauce, lime juice, crushed red pepper and the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, and mix well. Turn off the heat. Season with salt and pepper and stir in cilantro.
  5. Divide pork and cabbage mixture over rice in bowls. Top with more cilantro and serve with lime wedges for squeezing over.

Tips

The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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