Spicy bamboo(or white radish) with cilantro 香菜辣冬笋

   The citrus tree we have in the yard carries so much weight from the hundreds of blood orange and I feel  it's my responsibility to help the tree loosing weight so there will be some weird dishes with blood orange on this blog next week. I know it's hard to find fresh bamboo unless you go to Chinese or Japanese grocery stores but at least there are white radish and cabbage can be used as substitutions.Sambal oelek ground fresh chili paste is available at Safeway in Asian food section(picture below) . To make this tasty dish healthy I used as little oil as possible and of course double the oil amount can make it look better and more testy.

   院子里的血橙树坠满了橙子，看着都替这棵小树累啊。索性干脆摘下些用来做菜，酸酸甜甜的自然滋味胜过用糖醋调出的酸甜。如果没有食材里面提到的Sambal oelek 辣椒酱，那么中国筒子们当然可以用剁椒或泡椒代替，滋味可能更好呢。这道菜我用尽量少的油来做，美味同时也健康，当然想要菜色好看且口感更香脆的话，可以加倍用油。

Ingredients 食材:

3 fresh bamboo peeled and sliced(or white radish),  3 ginger slices, 6 cherry radish sliced, 1.5 cup cilantro chopped, 2 cloves garlic minced, 1 tsp chopped ginger, 1/2 or 1 blood orange, 2 tbsp low sodium soy sauce, 5 tbsp cooking wine, 1tsp white vinegar, 1.5 tsp ground Szechuan peppercorn (Chinese grocery store or Penzey's Spicy, downtown Menlo Park), 1/2 tbsp oil, 1/2 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tbsp Sambal oelek ground fresh chili paste. 

3个新鲜冬笋切片，3片姜，6个樱桃萝卜切片，1.5杯香菜切碎，2片蒜切碎，1茶匙碎姜，半个或1个血橙，2汤匙减盐酱油，5汤匙米酒， 1茶匙白醋，1.5茶匙花椒粉，1／2汤匙食用油，1／2汤匙芝麻油，2汤匙剁椒或碎泡椒。

Instructions 步骤:

1:  Boil 3 cups of water and add bamboo, 3 slices of ginger and 3 tbsp cooking wine when its boiling. 1min after the water boiling again turn off the stove. Drain and cold down the bamboo with cold water.

1：将冬笋，姜片和3汤匙米酒倒入沸水中一起煮，可去掉冬笋部分的涩味。等水再次沸腾后1分钟关火。滤去水份并用凉水冷却竹笋。

2: Heat up oil on medium high. Add ginger and garlic stirring for 5 seconds. Add radish, bamboo, 2 tbsp cooking wine and  Sambal oelek ground fresh chili paste stirring frequently with the heat on high for 1 min.

2：锅中热油，爆香姜蒜。倒入冬笋，樱桃萝卜片翻炒。加入米酒和剁椒酱大火翻炒1分钟。

3: Reduce the heat to medium-high. Add soy sauce, white vinegar and squeeze blood orange juice in. Stir frequently for 30 seconds to mix everything well.  

3：调至中火。加入酱油，白醋，挤入血橙汁。快速翻炒30秒。

4: Add ground Szechuan peppercorn and cilantro. Quickly stirring for 30 seconds.

4：加入花椒粉和香菜，快速翻炒30秒。

Tips: Fresh bamboo always come with a bit bitter taste and boil it in water with cooking wine and ginger can reduce the bitterness. Skip the step 1 if you use white radish instead of bamboo.

关键：新鲜的冬笋总带点涩味，用米酒和姜片煮狒后会减少涩味。如果用白萝卜代替冬笋的话，那么可省去第一步。