Steamed Fried Pork
Characteristics: The Steamed Fried Pork tastes tender and crisp. The pork is fat but not greasy.
Steamed Fried Pork is a famous Han dish and it is a common food throughout China, especially in Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces.
Its main ingredients, pork covered with eggs, are nutritious. The crisp and non-greasy pork makes it a favorite for people preferring a light flavor dish. Thanks to the easy cooking method as the recipe below shows, it attracts the attention of many housewives.
Ingredients:
streaky pork, 300g
two eggs
Seasonings:
cooking oil
salt
cooking wine
prickly ash seeds
star anise
cinnamon
3-5 dried chili peppers
soy sauce
starch
white granulated sugar
Note: The amount of the ingredients and seasonings listed above can be appropriately used according to one's personal taste.
Preparation:
Remove the skin of the streaky pork. Clean and cut it into 3-5cm long slices, with the thickness of 1cm. Put the slices into a bowl. Crack two eggs into the bowl. Add in a little cooking wine and salt. Stir to mix them well. Then add some starch and stir the mixture further. Then let it stand for 15-20 minutes.
Methods:
| STEP 1 Place a wok over high heat. Add in some cooking oil until it is around 150 ℃ (302 ℉). Put the pork slices into the wok one by one and fry them. When turning yellowish, pick them out with a colander and drain the oil. Put the fried pork slices in a bowl. |
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| STEP 2 Clean the wok and pour in some cold water. Add in prickly ash seeds, star anise, cinnamon, dried chili peppers, soy sauce and some white granulated sugar in sequence until it smells fragrant. Then add a little water and heat the mixture for 10-20 seconds. Pour the seasoning mixture onto the fried pork in Step 1. |
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| STEP 3 Put the bowl with processed pork in Step 2 into a steamer. Steam it for around 40 minutes until the pork are soft. Turn off the heat. |
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| STEP 4 Pick out the prickly ash seeds, star anise, cinnamon and chili peppers with chopsticks. Serve the well cooked pork onto a fine plate. |
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| STEP 5 Add some chopped green onion onto the cooked pork as garnish. The mouthwatering Steamed Fried Pork is finished. |
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Origin of the Steamed Fried Pork:
Further Reading: Top 10 Chinese Pork Recipes to Satisfy Your Taste Bud
