Chinese potato stir-fry (酸辣土豆丝)
Crunchy, thin strips flavoured with tangy spices, Chinese potato stir-fry shows you an exciting way to prepare potatoes.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 3 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 450 g potato (about 2 medium-sized potatoes )
- 3 dried chilli (deseeded)
- 1/2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
- 2 fresh chilli (sliced)
- 3 clove garlic (sliced)
- 1 tsp black rice vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt (or to taste)
Instructions
- 1
Peel the potato then cut it into julienne strips. You may use a food processor or a julienne peeler to achieve similar results (regular grater is not recommended).
- 2
Rinse the potato strips under tap water to remove excess starch. Drain them very well.
- 3
Heat up a wok on a high heat. Pour in the oil, then add dried chilli and Sichuan peppercorn. Leave to sizzle until fragrant (do not burn them).
- 4
Put fresh chilli, garlic and potato strips into the wok. Stir fry constantly until the potato is cooked (should be still a bit crunchy).
- 5
Add black rice vinegar and salt . Give everything a quick stir then dish out.
- 6
Serve it warm with rice, along with other meat/vegetable savoury dishes.