This dish is similar to fried pickled Chinese cabbage with shredded pork. The menus of the Tang and Song Dynasties included stir – frying, but they often called the method “stewing.” ...
chefs start the dish with char siu (Chinese barbecued pork) or siu yuk (Chinese crisp-skinned roasted pork). I prefer the restaurant version, especially with siu yuk (char siu is too sweet).