Now this is one of those dishes I look forward to every year and I dread a little bit every year. I will tell you why. I look forward to it every year because its so simple yet so delicious ,but the meaning behind gives my parents an opportunity to nag me .
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LUCKY MEANING 勤勤力力…聰明伶俐
The reason is , this phrase “勤勤力力…聰明伶俐” wishes me to work harder whether that’s in school or in my work life. They make sure that I get this message every year by stuffing me with this dish every year specifically the chinese celery sticks. Chinese celery in chinese sounds a lot like “勤力” which means to work hard. “聰明伶俐” means being smart where “聰明” sounds like green onions. This is definitely a dish you want to have, if you have lots of children at your family new year dinner.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 celery bundle
- 8 chinese celery sticks
- 378 g pork neck meat
- 1 carrot
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 green onions
- 2 ginger slices
- 1 tbsp cooking wine
Marinad sauce (pork neck)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
INSTRUCTIONS
First, wash the pork neck meat and dry it using a paper towel. Cut it into slices and marinade meat for about half an hour using the listed marinade sauce ingredients.
Next, remove the end celery leaves and wash it. Keep the leaves for later. Peel the ends off the celery along with the tough strings attached to it.
Repeat for Chinese celery. Cut it into one inch pieces.
Cut away the root of the green onion and wash it. Then, cut into pieces.
Then, peel carrot, garlic, ginger and cut it into pieces.
In a wok, fry the ginger and garlic with 1 tsp of oil on medium heat. Then, add pork neck meat and fry them on both sides with cooking wine. Place it aside.
Using the same wok, fry the celery and carrots with some salt. Add 2 tbsp of water and boil them with a lid for about 1 minute.
Add pork neck meat and chinese celery. Cook with a lid on for about 1 minute.
Add the green onion and fry them evenly. Serve.
NOTES
- Peel off the tough strings of the celery because only the tender parts taste good.
- The leaves of celery and chinese celery will be kept for making soup.
If you’ve never had pork neck before, I promise you , you won’t regret it. it not like anything you’ve had before and it’s so delicious. Don’t love it too much because it’s somewhat expensive 🙂 To all the moms out there, make this dish for your children and they will work even harder the next year. Wishing you an early happy new year!
Make sure to check out the other Chinese New Year Recipes 2023 in our series !
Pork neck & Vegetables (芹菜炒豬頸肉…勤勤力力…聰明伶俐)
Ingredients
- 1 celery bundle
- 8 chinese celery sticks
- 378 g pork neck meat
- 1 carrot
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 green onions
- 2 ginger slices
- 1 tbsp cooking wine
Marinad sauce (pork neck)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
- First, wash the pork neck meat and dry it using a paper towel. Cut it into slices and marinade meat for about half an hour using the listed marinade sauce ingredients.
- Next, remove the end celery leaves and wash it. Keep the leaves for later. Peel the ends off the celery along with the tough strings attached to it.
- Repeat for Chinese celery. Cut it into one inch pieces.
- Cut away the root of the green onion and wash it. Then, cut into pieces.
- Then, peel carrot, garlic, ginger and cut it into pieces.
- In a wok, fry the ginger and garlic with 1 tsp of oil on medium heat. Then, add pork neck meat and fry them on both sides with cooking wine. Place it aside.
- Using the same wok, fry the celery and carrots with some salt. Add 2 tbsp of water and boil them with a lid for about 1 minute.
- Add pork neck meat and chinese celery. Cook with a lid on for about 1 minute.
- Add the green onion and fry them evenly. Serve.
Notes
