Stir Fried Morning Glory - Pad Pak Boong
lovely and super tasty Asian stir fried morning glory, like you'll have it in South East Asia. The perfect green and umami side dish!
Equipment
- 1 large Wok or large frying pan
Ingredients
- 500 g Thai Morning Glory (Thai Water Spinach)
- 1 thumb fresh ginger
- 5 cloves garlic
- 4 red thai chillies
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing Wine (Chinese Rice Wine)
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil rapeseed oil
Instructions
Preparation - Mise en Place
- Peel the fresh ginger and garlic cloves and cut the ginger into thin stripes. Cut away the green stems from the fresh red Thai chillies. Put all three ingredients into a pestle & mortar and roughly grind and mash them into each other. Put them by side for later.1 thumb fresh ginger, 4 red thai chillies, 5 cloves garlic
- Wash the Water Spinach under running water and cut the stems into index-finger long pieces. Put them into a bowl. Cut the leaves into bigger pieces and put them into a seperate bowl.500 g Thai Morning Glory (Thai Water Spinach)
- If you like, you can already measure the sugar and sauces with small bowles, but for sure you can just measure by hand and adding the sauces when frying.
Stir Fry
- Put the wok to the stove and set to high heat. Now add the vegetable oil and distribute in the wok. When the oil starts to smoke, add the Morning Glory stems, mashed garlic, chillies and ginger so as the sugar.1 tbsp sugar, 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- Fry everything together for about 2-3 minutes. Then add the oyster sauce, soy sauce and Shaoxing wine. Also add the leaves now. Keep stirring together for about 1-2 more minutes or until the leaves turned soft.2 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp Shaoxing Wine (Chinese Rice Wine), 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- Serve the greens on a large plate and enjoy your freshly made stir fried Thai dish!
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Notes
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Nutrition
Serving: 150g | Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Sodium: 490mg