Easy Stir Fried Onions Chinese Recipe

Again, super accessible ingredients, and very similar to the previous green beans stir fry.

A colorful final product

Ingredients

1 Onion

1/2 cup Marinated Pork or Beef Slices

1 pinch of Salt

1/2 tablespoon Soy Sauce

1/4 tablespoon Sugar

1 tablespoon Water

1 tablespoon Oil

Optional: Picked Mustard (or Zha Cai)

Preparation

1. Onion: Cut the Onion into thin, curved slices. This is done by cutting the onion in half (by the flat way) and then putting the flat section faced down. Slice rainbow shapes from there.

2. Marinated Pork or Beef: Cut a piece of meat into small, thing slices. Add rice wine, oil, soy sauce, and salt. (If you do not have rice wine, you can add a bit of vinegar instead.) Put in fridge to marinate. Stir fry until brown and refrigerate to store. 

Cooking

1. Heat the wok. Add oil and wait for it to become hot.

2. Add the prepared Marinated meat. Stir fry. Then add the onion slices and continue to stir fry.

3. Add soy sauce, then add water (if it start sticking to the bottom of the wok). Add the salt and sugar. 

4. Stir fry until onion slices are bendable, but still crunchy and serve! 

Green Bean Stir Fry Simple Chinese Recipe

I love this super easy and delicious stir fry recipe because it uses super accessible ingredients and is fun to make!

Excuse the blurriness, it's the steam.

Ingredients

1 cup Green Beans

1/2 cup Shredded Carrots

1/4 cup Shredded and Marinated Pork (see below)

1 Tablespoon Oil (or even less)

1/4 Tablespoon Salt

3/4 Tablespoon Soy Sauce

1/2 Tablespoon Sugar
3 Tablespoon Water

Optional: 1 tablespoon pickled mustard (Zha cai)

Preparation

• Green Beans: Select small, straight, and fresh green beans from the supermarket. This is very important for optimal taste. Wash, cut off the two ends, and use your fingers to break the green beans into two or three small pieces each. (Do NOT chop, breaking retains taste)
• Shredded and Marinated Pork: Buy a piece of pork and chop into small, thin, long pieces. Add a bit of rice wine, salt, and soy sauce. Oil the wok and stir fry until the meat changes color from pink to light brown. Take out of wok and store in the refrigerator. 

Cooking

1. Turn cooktop to High. Heat the wok. Once the wok is heated, add the oil, and wait for the oil to heat up as well. 
2. First add the shredded carrots and start stirring until the carrots soak up most of the oil.
3. Then add the prepared pork into the wok. Keep stirring in the process. Finally, put in the green beans. Add water. Put the cap on the wok. Wait for a minute or two. Add the salt, soy sauce, and sugar and keep stirring until desired crispiness. When the green beans become more vibrant in color, they are ready. 
4. Optional: When the green beans are ready, add a little bit of pickled mustard into the wok and stir fry super quickly.
5. Pour contents onto a plate and serve!

Notes: My grandma likes to make a little hole in the middle of the dish for presentation purposes.