Stir-fried White Water Snowflake

🧂 Ingredients

• 350 g white water snowflake stems (水蓮)

  (see note)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 cloves garlic

  coarsely chopped
• 10 g ginger

  thinly sliced
• 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• pinch salt

  or to taste
• 2 tbsp pickled Cordia fruit (破布子)

  (see note)
• 1 tbsp liquid from Cordia fruit pickles
• crushed red chilies

  (optional)

Instructions

• 1 Wash and thoroughly drain the stems, then cut them into ~3 inch (7.5 cm) pieces.
• 2 Heat wok over very high heat.  Add the oil and let it heat up until shimmering
  and nearly smoking.
• 3 Add garlic and ginger and stir-fry for about 10 seconds, or until garlic is just
  turning brown and crispy.
• 4 Add the white water snowflake stems to the wok and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes, or
  until darker, somewhat softened, and jade-green.
• 5 Add rice wine, soy sauce, and salt.  Stir-fry for an additional 30 seconds or
  so, then remove the vegetables from the wok immediately.
• 6 Add the pickled Cordia fruit and the pickling liquid.  Serve immediately,
  garnished with a bit of crushed red chili if desired.

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