
Sour and Spicy Shredded Potatoes
Cuisine: Chinese
This classic home-style dish is appetizing, crisp, and refreshingly bright.
Difficulty
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
Estimated Calories
374 kcal
Ingredients
- Potato
- Garlic
- Green bell pepper
- Red bell pepper
- Dried chili peppers
- Scallion
- Light soy sauce
- Aged vinegar
- Salt
Steps
- Peel the potato and shred it (or use a grater).
- Rinse the shredded potatoes with water to remove excess starch, then blanch the potato strands for 10 seconds in boiling water. Drain and set aside.
- Finely chopped scallions; crush the garlic and mince it (keep half aside); cut dried chili peppers into small segments; slice the green and red bell peppers.
- Heat wok over low heat, pour in oil. Sauté half the scallion (white parts), half the minced garlic, and the dried chili peppers until fragrant.
- Add the green and red bell peppers, stir-fry a few times, then add the potatoes and stir-fry until they change color.
- Add 5ml light soy sauce, 10ml aged vinegar, the remaining half of the minced garlic, and 2g salt. Stir-fry quickly and evenly.
- Before serving, scatter the remaining scallions and stir gently to finish. Transfer to a plate.
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Notes
This classic home-style dish is appetizing, crisp, and refreshingly bright. It is a popular quick stir-fry loved by the masses. Potatoes provide carbohydrates and potassium, while chili peppers are rich in Vitamin C to help stimulate appetite. The instructions are simple and straightforward, very beginner-friendly, taking about 20 minutes from prep to serving.
Estimated Cooking Difficulty: ★★
Estimated Calories: 374 kcal
Breakdown per serving:
- Potato: 240g (thinner strips are better)
- Garlic: 4 cloves
- Green bell pepper: 0.5 unit
- Red bell pepper: 0.5 unit
- Dried chili peppers: 3 units
- Scallion: 1 unit
- Light soy sauce: 5ml
- Aged vinegar: 10ml
- Salt: 2g
- Cooking oil: 10-15ml
- Make sure to clean the potato starch thoroughly, otherwise, they will stick together.
- Add the garlic and salt, then serve as soon as possible to preserve the aroma and avoid softening the texture.
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