Hot and Sour Cabbage

Hot and Sour Cabbage
Categories: Main dish, Vegetable
Video Games Kitchen And Dining Movies Gifts Yield: 4 servings

5 ea Napa cabbage leaves 1 T Thin soy sauce
3 T Peanut oil 1/2 T Rock sugar
4 ea Large dried chili peppers 1/2 T Chinkiang vinegar
1/2 T Szechuan peppercorns 1 t Sesame oil
1/2 t Salt

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++++++++++++++++++ Preparation: Separate, wash & dry cabbage leaves.
Stack them up and cut them crosswise into 1" wide pieces. Finely
mince or grind Szechuan peppercorns. Crush rock sugar with cleaver
handle; mix with soy sauce; reserve. Stir-frying: Heat wok to
moderate; add oil. Wait 30 seconds. Stir-fry whole chilis until they
just blacken; quickly add peppercorns. When they exude pungent odor,
push up side of wok and raise heat to high. Add salt & cabbage all at
once. Keep tossing cabbage until it is wilted & soft. This takes
several minutes. There should be about 2 T of water in wok when
cabbage is wilted. Add sugar & soy mixture. When sugar has melted,
toss with cabbage, then sprinkle vinegar over all. Keep tossing on
high heat for another 20 seconds. Add sesame oil; toss briefly;
remove to serving dish. If serving this dish cold, wait until it has
cooled, then cover & refrigerate.