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Cabbage with Dried Shrimps
Filed Under: Chinese Recipes Easy Cabbage Recipes Recipes Salads & Vegetables Stir Frying Under 30 Minutes
Cabbage with Dried Shrimps
Variations:
- Without dried shrimps, check out this quick simmered cabbage recipe.
- More crisp & cameralised cabbage, check out this stir-fried cabbage recipe.
- To add eggs, check out cabbage with eggs recipe.
Ingredients:
- 15g dried shrimps
- 50 ml hot water
- 1/4 head (about 350-400g) round cabbage (aka Beijing Cabbage, 高丽菜)
- half small carrot sliced thinly
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 5 slices ginger minced
- 1/2 tbsp mushroom seasoning powder (or 1 tsp light soy sauce)
- 3 dashes white pepper powder
- 5 drops Maggi seasoning sauce optional
- 100 ml water add more if needed
- small pinch of salt to taste
Directions:
- Soak dried shrimps in 50 ml hot water until softened. Take out the dried shrimps and pat them dry on paper towels. Reserve dried shrimp soaking liquid.
- Prep cabbage while the dried shrimps are soaking. Core the cabbage, and cut them to uniform smaller chunks.
- Cook aromatics. Heat oil in wok. Add garlic, ginger and dried shrimps. Stir fry quickly until aromatic.
- Cook the cabbage. Add cut cabbage and stir fry until they are withered and shrunk by half in volume. Then add mushroom seasoning powder, white pepper, Maggi seasoning sauce, dried shrimps soaking liquid and the remaining 100 ml water. Simmer until cabbage turns translucent and softened to liking, about 5-8 minutes. Top up with more water if needed during simmering. Season to taste with salt before serving.
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That’s my favourite way to cook cabbage!
I also love this homely cabbage dish with dried shrimps with rice or porridge.