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Stir-fried Leeks with Roast Pork and Bean Curd
Today is the 15th day of Chinese New Year, also known as Yuan Xiao Festival (元宵节) or Lantern Festival. This day is also the Chinese version of Valentine’s Day, and marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities. It’s a great day to eat leeks, an auspicious food for Chinese New Year because the character “蒜” in its Chinese name (蒜苗/大蒜) sounds like calculating (“算”) in Mandarin, symbolizing wealth. In this recipe, I stir-fry leeks with roast pork, a winning combination I saw at my friend’s Pablo blog.
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The natural saltiness of the roast pork flavours the dish and complements the leeks well. I added tau kwa (deep fried bean curd) and carrots for a more complete meal. The result was good and a hit with my family.
Whether I make my own roast pork (siu yuk) or buy it ready-made from the market, I always plan for leftovers the next day to cook this dish. In this way, I got two meals figured out.
This is exactly my mon use to cook with leftover roast pork during CNY. You look stir fry to perfection.
Delicious! My mom used to cook this too and I soooo loved it.
I used to cook this too but only with oyster sauce. Yours definitely looks so much better and delicious than mine :)
Ohhhh leeks look delicious but look at those fried beancurds!!!
I miss those badly!!! (@_@ )
Miss the lantern festival too… Hope you had a great time there ^^
How brilliant on keeping the roasted leftover for another dish :) Bookmarked!
goood! happy chinese vday too!
Simple food with a great taste is the winner! Love this home cooking ♥
Love this home-style dish..this is how my mom likes to cook leeks too :D YUM!
Good! 你还在算$啊！:D I don’t remember having this dish often though – maybe just once or twice so far ..quite strange right?
Oh yup! Esp with the roast meat.. did u use the sauce that they often provide as well to the meat?
For some reason, tao kua and leeks always go so well together as well.