Description
A fast and flavorful stir fry with smoky sausage and crisp-tender cabbage, perfect for weeknight dinners.
Ingredients
Scale
- 450 g (1 lb) pork sausage, sliced
- 1 small head green cabbage (about 800 g / 1.75 lb), shredded
- 1 medium yellow onion (150 g / 1 cup), sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp (6 g) fresh ginger, grated
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) soy sauce
- 15 ml (1 tbsp) rice vinegar
- 10 ml (2 tsp) sesame oil
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) neutral oil (vegetable or canola)
- 5 g (1 tsp) cornstarch mixed with 30 ml (2 tbsp) water
- ¼ tsp optional chili flakes
- Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Prep the ingredients: Thinly slice sausage, shred cabbage, slice onion, and mince garlic and ginger.
- Brown the sausage: Heat skillet over medium-high, add oil, and sear sausage until golden. Remove and set aside.
- Soften the aromatics: Sauté onion until translucent, then add garlic and ginger to cook until aromatic.
- Flash-cook the cabbage: Increase heat, add cabbage and salt, sauté until bright and crisp-tender.
- Combine and deglaze: Return sausage, stir in soy sauce and vinegar, sauté and scrape fond from the pan.
- Finish with slurry and sesame: Mix cornstarch slurry into the pan, cook until sauce glosses, then stir in sesame oil.
Notes
Work fast to prevent soggy cabbage. Cook sausage until just browned and finish cooking with cabbage for best texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stir-frying
- Cuisine: Asian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 820mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 95mg