Gluten Free Recipe:   Shanghai Cabbage

 

This recipe is a gluten free version of an old Asian noodle dish called “Noodle Mountain.” I guess you could use rice noodles, but we decided to make it even cleaner by eliminating the noodles all together. As with a lot of Asian recipes, it’s also vegan and dairy free!

Serves 2

Prep time: 20 minutes. Cooking time: 10 Minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 head Napa Cabbage, sliced really thin
• 1 large yellow onion, peeled, sliced really thin
• 1 bunch Nabuchan Onions or Green Scallions, sliced diagonally 2″
• 1″ Ginger Root,  peeled and diced
• 6 Cloves of Fresh Garlic, peeled and diced
• 1/2 cup raw, Unsalted Cashews
• Juice of 1 Fresh Lime
• 1/8 cup Nama Shoyu or Japanese Soy Sauce
• 3 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
• 1/8 cup Toasted Sesame Oil
• 1/4 cup Peanut Oil

Recipe

Make the sauce: Combine the Nama Shoyu, Rice Vinegar and Toasted Sesame Oil in a small bowl. Set aside. Juice the lime into another small bowl. Set aside.

Add 1/4 cup peanut oil to a wok over high heat. The pan is ready as soon as a water drop disappears when you flick into the oil. Quickly add the yellow onions and turn down to medium heat. Saute` the onions until they are translucent, and remove from the pan to a plate.

Bring the pan back up to high heat again and add the cabbage, green onions, ginger and garlic to the pan and toss as you would a salad with tongs or two wooden spoons, until all the cabbage is limp, usually about 5 minutes. Add the yellow onions back in along with the sauce and heat through, about 2 more minutes.

Quickly remove the cabbage mixture to two plates, top with the cashews and lime juice – This tastes best when it’s good and hot.

We like to eat it with chopsticks because it forces us to eat slowly.

Enjoy!