This pickled cabbage stir-fry with pork is a great way to cook our 3-ingredient overnight pickled cabbage into a delicious dish! The tangy cabbage marries so well with a little hunk of pork shoulder, giving you a rich but still mostly-veggie meal.Homemade Pickled Cabbage If you haven’t checked out our homemade pickled cabbage recipe yet, head there now.You’ll see that it can be made in one day (it just needs to sit overnight), and that it only has 3 ingredients: green cabbage, ginger, and vinegar—along with some boiling water.  It’s insanely simple to make, taking just 5 minutes of prep time.

That pickled cabbage isn’t meant to be enjoyed on its own as a pickle, but rather used as a cooking ingredient in recipes like this.  Cabbage is available all year round—and it’s inexpensive—so you can make this dish anytime you like!  The Flavors of Chinese Home Cooking You won’t find this dish in any restaurant.This is simple Chinese home cooking.Just thinly slice the cabbage, marinate a small piece of pork shoulder cut into strips, and stir-fry everything together with some garlic, chilies, scallions, and seasonings from your pantry.  A little sugar counterbalances the sourness of the cabbage, and the pork adds richness.

There’s nothing here that you won’t find in an average Chinese pantry, so if you’ve cooked with us before, you probably have most of the ingredients on hand.  If you like, you can use other proteins like chicke

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