Name: Firecracker Pork with Corn
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 1 h 7 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon groundnut (peanut) oil; 1 tablespoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 teaspoon sugar; 2 small fresh red chillies, seeded and finely chopped; 225g (8 oz) minced pork; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 275g (10 oz) fresh sweetcorn (about 2 ears), cooked, or frozen corn; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Ken Hom's Quick Wok

By Ken Hom

Published 2002

About

This is a spicy way to combine two of my favourite foods - sweetcorn and pork - in a recipe that takes literally Minutes. If you like your food ‘hot’, use green or hot red chillies.

Ingredients

275g (10 oz) fresh sweetcorn (about 2 ears), cooked, or frozen corn

Method

If using fresh corn, cut the kernels off the cobs. If using frozen corn, blanch for 10 seconds in a pan of boiling water and drain. Set aside.
Heat a wok over high heat until it is hot. Add the oil, and when it is very hot and slightly smoking, add the pork and stir-fry for 3 Minutes.
Add the corn, chillies, salt and pepper, and stir-fry for 1 minute.