Stir-fried shredded pork with spicy garlic sauce

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
12ouncesPork tenderloin or butt
6Water chestnuts
3tablespoonsDry black fungus; optional
½cupBamboo shoots; shredded
2teaspoonsChopped garlic
2cupsVegetable oil
tablespoonSoy sauce
tablespoonSherry
tablespoonCornstarch
1tablespoonCooking oil
2teaspoonsChopped ginger
1tablespoonHoisin sauce
tablespoonSoy sauce
1tablespoonSesame oil
1tablespoonCooking wine or sherry
2teaspoonsBrown sugar
teaspoonCornstarch
1tablespoonWater
1dashPepper
1tablespoonWine vinegar
1tablespoonChopped green onion

Directions

SEASONINGS TO MARINATE PORK

SEASONING SAUCE

TO PREPARE:

1. Cut pork in string style, marinate with soy sauce, sherry, oil, cornstarch and chopped ginger.

2. Soak black fungus in hot water about 10-15 minutes. Rinse and clean.

Slice them when expanded. Also slice the water chestnuts very fine.

3. Mix all seasoning sauce in a cup or bowl.

TO COOK:

1. Heat oil in wok or frying pan, then add pork shreds. Just stir for ½ minute, then remove and put aside. Drain off oil from pan. Reserve for stir-frying vegetables or other meats.

2. Heat 3 tablespoons remaining oil to stir fry garlic, then add water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, fungus, and pork strings; stir thoroughly. Add the ready prepared seasoning sauce, stir evenly and serve hot or warm.

Serves 4-6.

Hint: This dish can be made ahead and reheated in a frying pan. If the sauce is too dry during reheating, just add 2-3 tablespoons stock or sherry.

Source: Chinese Cooking the American Way Happily scanned and MC formatted, using Buster, by Pamela Creeden 5/7/98 Recipe by: The Best of the Best From Texas, p.225 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "Pamela Creeden" <creedenites@...> on May 7, 1998