61. Fried Slices

Name: Fried Slices (水煮肉片)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; ¾ pint (2 cups) oil; 1 to 2 level teaspoons red pepper, crushed; ¼ level teaspoon wild pepper, crushed; MSG; ½ level teaspoon sugar; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; ¼ level teaspoon black pepper; 1 spring onion (scallion); 2 slices ginger; 1 spring onion (scallion); 1¼ pints (3 cups) water; Salt; 3 level tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch); 3 level tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch); 2 egg whites; 1 lb. loin of pork

水煮肉片

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 3
persons

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chinese Gastronomy

By Hsiang Ju Lin and Tsuifeng Lin

Published 1957

About

Ingredients

1 lb. loin of pork
2 egg whites
3 level tablespoons

Asia
China
Sichuan
Starter
Snack

Method

Trim the pork and slice it with the grain into pieces about ½ inch by 1¼ inches. Coat the slices in a mixture of egg whites, cornflour and 1 level teaspoon salt. Pour the water into a pan, add the spring onion; ginger, soy sauce, black pepper and ¼ level teaspoon MSG, and bring to the boil. Add the pork slices in portions and bring to a rapid boil, without stirring, to set the egg whites. Boil