Stir-fried Vegetables with Pork

Name: Stir-fried Vegetables with Pork (Yasai Itame)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and caps sliced (optional); ½ head green cabbage, chopped into 2-inch pieces; 4 or 5 green onions, including tender green tops, cut into 2-inch lengths; ½ cup bean sprouts, ends trimmed (optional); 1 small yellow onion, cut into ¼-inch-thick slices; ½ teaspoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon canola or other neutral oil; Salt and freshly ground pepper; ½ green bell pepper, halved and seeded; 1 large carrot, peeled, cut crosswise into thirds, and thinly sliced lengthwise; 6 slices thick-cut bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces

Yasai Itame

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Let's Cook Japanese Food!

By Amy Kaneko

Published 2017

About

A crunchy mix of vegetables and savory bits of pork simply stir-fried over high heat, this is a great way to use up leftovers. College kids cook this in their dorms, it’s found at lunch counters and restaurants, and busy moms make it for their families.

Ingredients

½ green bell pepper, halved and seeded
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 large carrot, peeled, cut crosswise into thirds, and thinly sliced lengthwise

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Lunch
Leftovers

Method

Cut the bell pepper lengthwise into ¼-inch-wide strips, then halve the strips crosswise and set aside.
Fill a small saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Salt the water lightly, add the carrot, and blanch for 1 minute. Drain and immediately rinse under running cold water to halt the cooking. Set aside.
In a wok or large frying pan over high heat, c