Rice Cakes Stir Fry with Shepherds Purse

Rice Cakes Stir Fry with Shepherds Purse
Chinese, main course, chicken
Shepherds purse is a wild vegetable highly eaten in China. Flavor wise, it tastes like a cross between dandelion and spinach. You can find it in the frozen section of just about every Asian market for a couple dollars. If you are unable to find shepherds purse, you can substitute spinach.
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Rinse the shepherds purse under cold water. Squeeze out the excess water.
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Finely chop the shepherds purse.

Rice Cake Stir Fry with Shepherds Purse

Typically, when I think of rice cakes, I think of Korean tteokbokki. Rice cakes are apparently eaten in China too. Rice cakes with shepherds purse is a classic Shanghai dish that isn’t very well known in the Americas. You will most likely never find it on a Chinese menu. The rice cakes are stir fried with chicken and shepherds purse, which is a wild vegetable(kind of a cross between dandelion and spinach).
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Chicken, Chinese, East Asian, main course
Servings: 4
Author: Alex Gorgos

Ingredients

Chicken Marinade

  • 12 oz boneless skinless chicken thighs thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp shaoxing cooking wine
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper

Stir Fry

  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 8 oz shepherds purse
  • 1 lb rice cakes
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper
  • 1 cup chicken stock

Instructions

  • Marinate the chicken with all of the marinade ingredients for 15 minutes.
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  • Heat up the cooking oil in a large sauté pan or wok over medium high heat. Sauté the chicken for 4-5 minutes until cooked.
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  • Add in the shepherds, sesame oil, salt, and white pepper. Stir fry for 30 seconds.
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  • Cover the chicken with the rice cakes, making sure that none of them are touching to bottom ov the pan.
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  • Pour in the chicken stock. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes until the rice cakes are softened.
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  • Take off the cover and stir all of the ingredients together.
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Serve immediately.