This is one of the few dishes I know that needs neither rice nor noodles.
All recipes I have seen want the cabbage torn, not sliced. I did it this way and found no
particular advantage; possibly my cabbage was firmer than intended.
The recipe above is currently pretty much as I made it on 22 August 2025. The originals mainly omitted the pork, and that's probably good.
One also included Sichuan
pepper, which could be interesting. And the cooking wine comes from The woks of life, who seem to put it in everything. I
don't see an advantage, and I'll probably leave it out next time. I also used sugar,
something that they also seem to put into everything. I'll have to consider whether I will
next time.
Other recipes
Google Gemini also had other suggestions
for dishes with cabbage: “Thai-Style Garlicky Cabbage with Fish Sauce” and “Hmong-Style
Fried Cabbage with Bacon and Oyster Sauce”. I didn't follow up them, but they could be
interesting.
