Mapu Cabbage

It's cabbage season, and to celebrate we're going crazy about our mapu cabbage recipe. It's not really traditional but that doesn't stop it being absolutely delicious.

5 minutes prep

30 minutes cook

Serves 2

Hugh Woodward
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Ingredients

  • 1 pointed cabbage
  • 1 tspsezchuan peppercorns
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil
  • 300g fatty pork
  • 20g eachminced garlic and ginger
  • 2 tbspfermented broad bean paste (or gochujang)
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbspstock
  • 1 tsp cornflour, made into a slurry with 1 tsp water
  • 4 tbspChinese tahini
  • 1 tbspsoy sauce
  • 2 tspChingkiang vinegar
  • 1 tbspchilli oil
  • 3 tbspwater
    • Garnishes:
  • to tastesesame seed
  • to tastespring onion greens

Spicy fried pork, juicy cabbage and a creamy nutty tangy Chinese tahini dressing all combine to make a truly amazing centrepiece and easy one pan dinner this autumn.

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Cut the cabbage in half.
  • Heat your skillet or wide frying pan with the oil and pan fry the cabbage to get some colour, then pop it in the oven for 20 minutes until cooked through.
  • In the skillet, fry peppercorns then the pork mince until crispy with some colour. Add the minced garlic and ginger and fry until fragrant.
  • Add the fermented broad bean paste, soy sauce, stock and cornflour slurry and give it a good stir until it's thick and saucy.
  • Whisk the tahini, soy sauce, Chingkiang vinegar, chilli oil and water to make a smooth sauce.

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    Hugh Woodward

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    Hugh's culinary life began aged 14 when he cooked spaghetti hoop burritos to impress girls. Since then his colourful career has taken him to performing in Skegness, making cheese in Peckham, running a wine bar on Columbia Road and reluctantly working in a (briefly) Michelin Starred restaurant. He likes fish, things cooked on charcoal, cheap dinners and London's rich cultural tapestry of food shops. When he's not cooking or eating he can be found mudlarking by the river Thames, buying bits in flea markets and hanging out with his cat Keith.

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