Sichuan shredded pork with garlic sauce
Signature dish of Sichuan cuisine, shredded pork with garlic sauce delivers a sophisticated and addictive taste: tangy, spicy, sweet & sour. If you wish, you may replace pork fillet with chicken breast for this dish. Beef can be an option too as long as you choose a cut ideal for quick stir-fry (e.g. flank steak or skirt steak).
Ingredients
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- 300g / 10oz pork fillet
- 2 teaspoons Shaoxing rice wine
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
- 3 teaspoons water
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch/potato starch
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- 2 tablespoons Sichuan pickled chili ( if can not find, use other pickled chili or minced fresh chili)
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 2 teaspoons garlic
- 60g / 0.5 cup pre-soaked wood ear (about 5g dried)
- 60g / 0.5 cup bamboo shoots
- 40g / 0.5 cup carrot
- 1 stalk spring onion
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- 1.5 tablespoons Shaoxing rice wine
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 0.5 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons black rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1.5 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
Directions:
Step 1: Slice pork fillet then cut into long thin strips. In a bowl, rub the pork (with your hand) with rice wine, soy sauce, salt and water until no more liquid can be seen. Add corn starch then mix well. Set aside.
Step 2: Mince Sichuan pickled chili (or fresh chili), ginger and garlic. Cut wood ear, bamboo shoots and carrot into thin strips. Finely chop spring onion.
Step 3: Mix all the ingredients for the sauce and stir well.
Step 4: Heat up a wok (or a deep frying pan) over a high heat. Pour in oil, then stir in marinated pork. Transfer to a plate when all the strips become pale.
Step 5: Fry Sichuan pickled chili, ginger, and garlic in the remaining oil (add a bit more if necessary). Add wood ear, bamboo shoots and carrot. Stir fry for half a minute or so then add the pork. Cook a further half a minute.
Step 6: Pour in the sauce (stir well beforehand to avoid starch sitting at the bottom). When it becomes thick, turn off the heat then sprinkle spring onion over.
Plate and serve: