Dry-Cooked Bamboo Shoots

Name: Dry-Cooked Bamboo Shoots (Kan pien hsien hsun)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons chopped dried shrimp; 2 teaspoons chopped ginger; 3 oz. ground pork; 8 small bamboo shoots; 1-½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 tablespoons chopped Szechuan cabbage; 2 tablespoons chopped green onions; 4 cups oil; ½ tablespoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon sugar

Kan pien hsien hsun

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

8 small bamboo shoots
3 oz. ground pork
2 teaspoons chopped

Asia
Taiwan
Sichuan
Shengtu
Chungking
Side dish

Method

Cut each bamboo shoot in half lengthwise. Then cut each half into 6 pieces. Deep-fry in oil until golden brown, Remove and drain.
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in frying pan. Stir-fry ground pork, chopped ginger, chopped Szechuan cabbage and chopped dried shrimp for about 1 minute. Splash with soy sauce, and put the bamboo shoots into the pan. Season with salt and sug