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Makes 4 servings
 

What you need

3 tablespoons Tessemae’s Lemon Garlic
1 shallot, chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 dried chile
1 pound ground pork
2 teaspoons fish sauce
1/2 cup chicken broth (preferably homemade)
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 ounces shitake mushrooms, trimmed and sliced
1 cup shredded carrot
¼ cup chopped basil plus additional whole basil leaves, for serving
3 cups shredded red cabbage
3 cups shredded napa cabbage
1 seedless cucumber, thinly sliced
kimchi, for serving 

 
What you do

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of the Lemon Garlic in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Cook shallot, garlic and chile, stirring often, until shallot is softened, about 3 minutes.
2. Add pork to pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until almost cooked through about 3 minutes. Add fish sauce to pan and cook until evaporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in chicken broth and simmer until liquid is evaporated, about 15 minutes. Stir in vinegar and season to taste with salt and pepper; remove pork from pan and set aside.
3. Return pan to medium-high heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons Lemon Garlic. Add mushrooms to pan and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until lightly browned, about 8 minutes. Add carrots to pan and cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in chopped basil then remove from heat.
4. Divide red and napa cabbages, cucumber, basil leaves and kimchi between 4 bowls and top with pork and mushroom mixtures.