4 fermented green s Recipes

fresh pork belly (unsmoked bacon) with skin, fresh ginger , smashed with side of a heavy knife, scallion , smashed with side of a heavy knife, chinese leeks (about 6), cut diagonally into 1-inch-thick slices (including dark tubular greens, reserved separately) or 1 1/2 lb baby leeks (6 to 8; white and pale green parts only), cut diagonally into 3/4-inch-thick slices, chinese chile bean sauce or paste, cayenne, chinese fermented black beans , soaked in water 10 minutes and drained, sweet bean sauce or hoisin sauce, chinese rice wine (preferably shaoxing) or medium-dry sherry, dark soy sauce, peanut oil

tofu , regular, salt, water , for parboiling tofu, ground pork, green garlic chives, chopped in 1/2 inches (nira), vegetable oil, chinese chili bean sauce (toubanjan or doubanjiang), chinese brown bean sauce (tenmienjan, tenmenjan, or tenmenjiang), fermented black beans, chopped finely, ichimi togarashi pepper or 1/4-1/2 tsp japanese dried red chili pepper, minced, chili oil, chicken stock, sake or 1 tbsp dry sherry, soy sauce, sesame oil, szechuan peppercorn (optional), cornstarch, water

pork tenderloin (preferably from tail end), thinly sliced crosswise (1/3 cup), chinese shaoxing cooking wine or medium-dry sherry, salt, firm tofu, peanut oil, fresh mild red chiles (sometimes called finger chiles), thinly sliced diagonally, then seeded, chopped garlic, chinese fermented black beans, rinsed well and drained, chicken stock or reduced-sodium chicken broth, dark soy sauce, potato starch, water, scallions, greens thinly sliced diagonally (reserve remainder for another use), asian sesame oil, asian chile oil, white rice