Chow Family Fot Choy Stir-Fry
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Fot Choy a type of hair like algae- look for it in Chinese markets
Source: Eat, Drink Mississippi
Categories: Casseroles- One Dish Meals- Stir Fry- Pot Pies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup dried Fot Choy
- 1 cup rice vermicelli
- 3 eggs
- salt
- 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 cup dried black Chinese mushrooms, sliced
- large piece of chicken fat
- Water, enough to cover mushrooms in small saucepan
- 3 fresh ginger roots, sliced
- 1/4 tsp. sugar
- 1 pkg. soft tofu
- 2 cups roast pork
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. sugar snap or snow peas
- 4 Tbsp. canola oil
- 4 cups celery cabbage, in 1.5 inch strips
- 2 Tbsp. water
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 Tbsp. oyster sauce
- 1 tsp. sesame oil
- salt and pepper
Directions
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Soak Fot Choy for 2 hours; rinse and squeeze out water. Soak the rice vermicelli 30 minutes, then drain.
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Beat the eggs, add salt and mix with 3/4 cup chicken broth. Mix liquids and rice vermicelli with the Fot Choy; pour into a greased glass pie plate. Using a fork, separate vermicelli and Fot Choy. Steam for 30 minutes or until set.
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When cool, scoop out the Fot Choy with a spatula. Cut round Fat Choy cake into quarters, cut each quarter in 3 strips, and then slice each strip into 1/8 inch pieces for dish.
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Soak dried mushrooms 30 minutes, then cut off stems and rinse. Place mushrooms in a small saucepan with chicken fat, water, 4 thick slices of ginger, and 1/4 tsp. sugar. Simmer for 2 hours. Cool mushrooms, then slice thinly.
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Pan sear tofu with a little bit of oil in a nonstick pan. Slice roast pork, sear in wok with 1 clove minced garlic. Remove from wok and set aside. (If roast pork is fresh-out of the cooker, there is no need to sear meat in the wok).
- Pinch off tips of sugar peas, pull string down, and break off bottom tip. Blanch, cool in cold water.
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In a very hot wok, add 2 Tbsp. canola oil, half of remaining ginger, and then half of remaining garlic. Toss I’m celery, cabbage, and sugar peas. Stir-fry for about 4 minutes. Put ingredients in a bowl.
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Heat wok again, add 2 Tbsp. canola oil, add remaining water and cornstarch and stir until smooth. Add 2 cups chicken broth into wok, bring to boil, and stir in cornstarch. Broth should become fairly thick. If not, make more cornstarch to thicken again.
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Stir in mushrooms, celery, cabbage, sugar peas an roast pork. Gently add tofu and Fot Choy slices. Add oyster sauce and sesame oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.