Northern Chinese Sour Cabbage Stew with Glass Noodles

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 1 pound pork belly or double the amount of meaty pork ribs, i.e. 2 lbs/900g
• 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine
• 4 slices ginger
• 2 scallions
• 1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorns
• 1 star anise
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cloves garlic finely minced
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• chili oil unchecked▢, optional, to taste
• 1 pound cabbage Chinese sour, can substitute sour mustard or sauerkraut
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 slices ginger julienned
• 2 scallions white part julienned, green parts chopped
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 cup chicken stock optional
• 3 ounces potato starch noodles dried sweet, or other dried glass noodles, soaked/prepared according to package instructions
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• salt unchecked▢, to taste

Nutrition

• Calories : 570 calories
• Carbohydrate : 21 grams
• Cholesterol : 55 milligrams
• Fat : 48 grams
• Fiber : 2 grams
• Protein : 10 grams
• SaturatedFat : 15 grams
• Sodium : 810 milligrams
• Sugar : 1 grams