Free Chinese Recipes

Ingredients

• 450 g (1lb) leg of pork
• 22 ml (1 1/2 tablespoons) corn flour
• 90-105 ml (6-7 tablespoons) vegetable oil

Sauce:

• 15 ml (1 tablespoon) soy (yellow bean) paste
• 7 ml (1/2 tablespoon) hoisin sauce (optional)
• 5 ml (1 teaspoon) sugar
• 22 ml (1 1/2 tablespoons) ginger water (boil 3 slices root ginger in 45 ml (3 tablespoons) water, until the water is reduced to half discard ginger)

Serve 6-8

** Free Chinese Recipes **

Method:

1. Dice the pork into small cubes. Sprinkle and rub them with corn flour.

2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the pork cubes and spread them over the pan in a single layer. Stir-fry them over a high heat for 1 1/2 minutes.

3. Remove and drain the pork and poor away the oil. Add all the sauce ingredients to the pan. Reduce the heat to low.

4. Stir the ingredients together for about 30 seconds until they constitute a shiny, brownish paste. Return the once-fried pork cubes to die pan.

5. Stir and mix them with the thick sauce in the pan, for about 45 , seconds. Transfer them to a well-heated dish, and serve immediately.

Note: This is a popular and favorite Pekingese dish which, like its chicken counterpart is served in most Pekingese eating establishments. A variation is Quick-fried Three Delicious, in which half the pork is replaced by diced cubes of pig’s kidney and liver. The cooking times are exactly the same as above, but quite often a couple of finely chopped cloves of garlic are fried in the remaining oil just before the sauce ingredients are added.