Top with shredded scallion and peanuts. You can buy crushed garlic and chiles in oil or just plain red oil in a Chinese grocery, or you can break up red chiles and saute in oil. Drain the oil which will have the hot flavor in it. The crushed chiles and garlic in red oil is the best flavor buy in the world. This is meant to be a very simple dish.
Cabbage is a most important Chinese vegetable, and they enjoy eating lots of it.
You could use round cabbage or Napa cabbage, which is very popular in China. The rest of the cabbage could be used for Lo Be Tsai, which is a popular appetizer salad, consisting of raw cabbage squares marinated in vinegar, water, chiles and red hot oil, a little water and a pinch of sugar. It is a very mild version of Kim Chee. Inc. All rights reserved.