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Yan Jian Rou (Chili Pork) Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Meat Dishes
Yield: 4 servings
 
Ingredients
  1  lb Lean pork  
  1  tb Light soy sauce  
  2  tb Rice wine or dry sherry  
  1  pn Salt  
  2  ts Sesame oil  
  3  tb Peanut oil  
  8  oz Fresh mild chiles  
  3  tb Finely chopped garlic  
  1  ts Red chili powder  
    -=OR=- Cayenne pepper  
  1  ts Sichuan peppercorns, roasted  
    - and crushed  
  3  tb Water  
  1  tb Light soy sauce  
  2  ts Sugar  
 
Instructions
 
  1. CUT THE PORK into 3-inch thin slices and combine with the soy sauce, 1 tablespoon rice wine, salt and sesame oil. Cut the chiles in half lengthwise and seed them. Heat a wok or large saute pan until it is hot. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of peanut oil and the pork, and stir-fry for 1 minute. Remove the pork with a slotted spoon.

 
  2. Reheat the wok and add the remaining oil. When it is very hot, add the fresh chiles, garlic, chili powder or cayenne and peppercorns, and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Then add the water, 1 tablespoon rice wine, soy sauce and sugar, and cook for another 30 seconds. Return the meat to the wok and heat through. Give the mixture several good stirs, turn onto a platter, and serve. Serves 4 as part of a Chinese meal or 2 as a single dish.

 
   


 



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