Stir Fried Chinese Spinach

By AlexG

Chinese Spinach. contains significant amounts of Vitamins A, B and C. And twice the amount of iron than the regular or Western Spinach.
Again, as with most leafy green vegetables, it is recommended that we do not cook the po lun chay too long or the dish will lose most of its nutritional content. That is why, a quick stir-fry is a perfect cooking method with most vegetables.

Ingredients

• 5 T peanut oil
• 300 gms Chinese Spinach (Po lun chay)
• 5 T minced garlic
• 2 T cooking wine
• 1 T soy sauce
• salt and pepper
• pinch of sugar, optional
• dash of sesame oil

Preparation

Step 1

1. Clean and blanch the spinach.

2. Heat oil in wok, and saute the garlic until fragrant but not burnt. Add the cooking wine and soy sauce and sugar. When the mixture boils, add in the spinach. Stir fry and mix everything up to allow the spinach to absorb all the flavours. Turn the heat off.

3. Adjust taste with salt and pepper. Add the sesame oil and serve immediately.