Snow Peas with a Hint of Pork

Name: Snow Peas with a Hint of Pork
Yield: Serves 4 as part of a larger rice meal or 2 as a main dish accompanied by rice and a vegetable dish
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon cold water; 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry; ¼ pound lean boneless pork (loin, shoulder, or butt), thinly sliced against the grain; ½ pound snow peas or sugar snap peas, trimmed; 1 tablespoon peanut oil; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 3 scallions, cut into ½-inch lengths; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon sugar; ½ cup mild stock or water; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in

Preparation info

Serves
4
as part of a larger rice meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seductions of Rice

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 1998

About

Snow peas and sugar snap peas are a luxury, a wonderful bright green treat. The tender, slightly sweet pods keep a little crispness when stir-fried. We like to cook them on their own or with a small amount of meat. However tired or out of sorts our children are, they will always happily eat vast quantities of this simple dish.

To prepare the peas, wash thoroughly, then work your way one by one through the pile of pea pods, snapping off the tough stem end and pulling with it the “str

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China
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