Dinner · 15 min · chinese

Stir-Fried Water Spinach

Weeknight-friendly Chinese cooking: Stir-Fried Water Spinach comes together in 15 minutes with water spinach, fermented tofu, and not much else.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb Water spinach
• 2 cubes Fermented tofu
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 3 Dried chiles
• 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 2 tbsp Peanut oil

Steps

1. Wash the water spinach well and shake dry. Separate the hollow stems from the leaves — the stems need a head start.
2. Mash the fermented tofu with the wine into a pungent paste. It smells strong; it tastes like heaven.
3. Sear the stems in smoking oil 1 minute, then add the leaves, garlic, and chiles. The pile looks enormous and wilts to nothing — that is normal.
4. Stir in the fermented tofu paste and soy; toss 1 minute until the greens are just wilted but still bright.
5. Serve immediately. Water spinach waits for no one — it goes from perfect to sad in two minutes.

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