Simple Stir-fried Minced Pork

Name: Simple Stir-fried Minced Pork
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1½ tablespoons groundnut oil; 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; 225 g (8 oz) iceberg lettuce, shredded; 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 450 g (1 lb) lean minced pork; 450 g (1 lb) lean minced pork; 3 tablespoons finely chopped spring onions

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Easy Family Dishes

By Ken Hom

Published 1998

About

This delicious, easy-to-prepare and inexpensive dish uses minced pork. The preparation takes literally minutes. In this Westernized Chinese creation, iceberg lettuce is used as a vegetable, but you can easily substitute spinach, watercress or Swiss chard. Any leafy vegetable in season will do.

Ingredients

1½ tablespoons groundnut oil
450 g (1 lb) lean minced

Main course

Method

Heat a wok or large frying pan until it is hot. Swirl in the groundnut oil and, when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the pork and stir-fry it for 2 minutes. Stir constantly to break up any lumps. Toss in the lettuce, then pour in the soy sauce, rice wine and sesame oil. Sprinkle in the sugar and continue to stir-fry for a further 3 minutes, or until the pork is cooked. Toss in the spri