Shanghai-style pork

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
poundsPork loin
1teaspoonSoy sauce
1Egg yolk
teaspoonCornstarch
1smallGreen pepper
6cupsVegetable oil
½teaspoonChopped garlic
1cupPickled vegetable salad
3teaspoonsVinegar
3teaspoonsSugar
teaspoonWater
3teaspoonsTomato ketchup
teaspoonSalt
1Cucumber
1largeTurnip
2largesCarrots
2slicesGinger root
1cupWhite wine vinegar
1tablespoonSugar

Directions

PICKLED VEGETABLE SALAD

Remove any fat or tough membrane from pork loin. Cut pork into slices ⅔" thick. Using blunt edge of cleaver, lightly pound to tenderize. Cut slices into bite-size pieces. Mix pork with mixture of soy sauce, egg yolk, and 1 tsp. cornstarch and let marinate 20 minutes. Mix with 6 tsp. cornstarch.

Remove seeds from green pepper and cut into bite-size pieces. Heat oil for deep-frying to about 375 degrees. Fry pork pieces 3 minutes. Remove and reheat oil to 400 degrees. Refry pork pieces another 30 seconds. Remove and drain. Reheat pan with 3 tsp. oil. Stir-fry chopped garlic until fragrant.

Add green pepper and Pickled Vegetable Salad. Stir-fry briefly. Add vinegar, sugar, 3 tsp. water, ketchup and salt. Combine 1-½ tsp. each water and corn-starch and add when mixture has come to a boil, PICKLED VEGETABLE SALAD:

1. Peel vegetables and cut in small cubes or in julienne strips.

2. Heat wine vinegar to a boil and stir in sugar to dissolve.

3. Pour over vegetables and refrigerate, covered, overnight. Drain to use.

UNCLE CHEN'S

S.W. 3RD, PORTLAND

WINE:MONMOUSSEAU ROSE D'ANJOU

From the <Micro Cookbook Collection of Chinese Recipes>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .