Stir-Fried Chilli Pork

Name: Stir-Fried Chilli Pork
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons peanut oil; ¼ cup fresh chicken stock; ½ teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns, roasted and crushed; 10 long red chillies, seeded and cut in half lengthwise; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon chilli powder; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 2 tablespoons shao xing; 2 tablespoons crushed yellow rock sugar; 450 g pork fillet; pinch of salt; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Asian

By Neil Perry

Published 2000

About

This is a dish for chilli lovers, the fresh chillies and chilli powder reinforced by the hot numbing sensation of Szechuan peppercorns. Easy to prepare and big on palate impact, this stir-fry makes a great meal with a noodle dish, some rice and a whole steamed fish - almost an instant banquet for six or eight of your closest friends!

Ingredients

450 g pork fillet
3 tablespoons peanut oil
10 long r

Main course

Method

Trim the pork and cut into thin slices across the grain, then leave to marinate in the soy, shao xing, salt and sesame oil for 30 minutes. Heat the peanut oil in a wok until just smoking, then add the pork and chillies and fry for 1½ minutes, stirring continuously. Remove from the wok and set aside. Add the garlic, chilli powder and pepper to the wok and fry for 30 seconds. Then add the chicken