Eight Treasures Stir-fry

Name: Eight Treasures Stir-fry
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: <Main Ingredients> *This time I used these eight main ingredients; 1/4 Wombok; 1 Carrot; 10 cm Daikon Radish; 4 Shiitake; 100 g Bamboo Shoots; 250-300 g Pork Belly *thinly sliced; 1/2 Squid; 12 Prawns; *Other Suggested Ingredients: Onion, Snow Peas, Shimeji, Black Fungus, Edamame, Boiled Quail Eggs; <Other Ingredients>; 2 tablespoons Potato Starch; 2 tablespoons Water; 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil; 1 tablespoon Rice Vinegar; <Soup Ingredients>; 1 cup Chicken Stock *OR 1 cup Water & 1 teaspoon Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder; 1 small piece Ginger *grated; 1/2-1 teaspoon Salt; 1 tablespoon Mirin; 1/2 tablespoon Soy Sauce; White Pepper as required

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

This is a very popular stir-fry dish in Japan. It’s a dish consisting of vegetables, pork, prawns, squid, etc. stir-fried and thickened with potato starch. The dish is called ‘Happō-sai’ in Japanese and that means ‘Eight Treasure Ingredients’ as the number eight is the lucky number in our culture. This is my family’s recipe which I always determine to use eight main ingredients.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

4 servings

*This time I used these eight main ingredients
1/4Wombok
1Carrot
10 cmDaikon Radish
4Shiitake
100 gBamboo Shoots
250-300 gPork Belly *thinly sliced
1/2Squid
12Prawns
*Other Suggested Ingredients: Onion, Snow Peas, Shimeji, Black Fungus, Edamame, Boiled Quail Eggs
2 tablespoonsPotato Starch
2 tablespoonsWater
1 tablespoonSesame Oil
1 tablespoonRice Vinegar
<Soup Ingredients>
1 cupChicken Stock *OR 1 cup Water & 1 teaspoon Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder
1small piece Ginger *grated
1/2-1 teaspoonSalt
1 tablespoonMirin
1/2 tablespoonSoy Sauce
White Pepper as required

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Steps

1

Place the Soup ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Check the flavour and adjust it to suit your taste.
2

Place Potato Starch and Water in a small bowl or cup and mix well.
3

All main ingredients should be cut or sliced to small pieces if large, so that it would be easy to eat.
4

Heat Sesame Oil in a large frying pan or wok over high heat, cook Pork and Vegetables for a few minutes, then add Squid, Prawns and Shiitake (or other mushrooms).
5

Add the soup and cook a few more minutes until vegetables are cooked.
6

Stir the Potato Starch mixture once again, then add it to the stir-fry a small amount at a time, stirring well, until the soup is thickened. *Note: You probably don’t need to use all the starch mixture.
7

Sprinkle Rice Vinegar over and stir.
8

Enjoy with freshly cooked rice.