Name: Cantonese Pork Chops (粵式豬扒)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ a thumb-size piece of ginger; 1 spring onion (scallion); fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, to garnish; 2 cloves of garlic; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine; 1 teaspoon pure sesame oil; 2 tablespoons cornflour (cornstarch); 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; ¼ teaspoon white pepper; ½ teaspoon salt; 4½ tablespoons sugar; 4½ tablespoons Chingkiang black rice vinegar; 1½ teaspoons Chiu Chow chilli oil; 1½ tablespoons dark soy sauce; 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup; 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 1 red onion; 4 x 200–250 g (7–9 oz) pork chops; vegetable oil, for frying

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hong Kong Diner

By Jeremy Pang

Published 2017

About

Worcestershire Sauce, brown sauce and ketchup are a true show of how British food has been intertwined into Hong Kong cuisine. Unusual ingredients to find in typical ‘Chinese food’ perhaps, yet when combined with chilli oil and soy sauce, the balance of sweet and sour flavours marries seamlessly, creating the same flavour balance that Cantonese cuisine is so famous for.