Buta Yasai Itame (Japanese Vegetable Stir Fry with Pork)

• 1 tsp cooking oil
• 100 g thin sliced pork belly
• 1 pinch salt and pepper
• 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
• 15 g ginger root julienned
• 50 g carrot peeled and julienned
• 50 g yellow onion thinly sliced
• 50 g shimeji mushrooms or any sliced mushroom of your choice
• 100 g green cabbage roughly chopped
• 50 g bell pepper thinly sliced
• 100 g beansprouts
• 30 g garlic chive(s) cut to 5cm in length

Sauce

• 1 tsp Chinese-style chicken bouillon powder (granules)
• 100 ml warm or hot water
• 2 tsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp cold water to make slurry
• 1 tbsp Potato Starch or cornstarch, to make slurry

Garnish (optional)

• 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
• 1 tbsp white sesame seeds
• 1 tsp chili threads