Name: Hoisin-Sauced Pork (醬肉)
Yield: Slice the amount you need, allowing 3 to 4 small pieces per person for an appetizer, 4 to 5 if used as a main course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cups boiling water; 4 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 2 pounds boneless pork loin roast in 1 piece; 1 teaspoon five-fragrance powder; 4 quarter-sized slices ginger; 2 small whole scallions, each cut in two; 4 tablespoons light soy sauce; 2 large cloves garlic, crushed and peeled

Preparation info

Slice the amount you need, allowing
3 to 4
small pieces per person for an appetizer

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

This is to eastern regional cooking in China what roast pork is to southern. It is a solid piece of marinated meat that is simmered instead of roasted and then sliced thin and small to go with sips of wine or thicker and larger to be a main-course dish. The meat is excellent for sandwiches. Its flavor is rich from the garlic, five-fragrance powder, and the piquant hoisin sauce. Slice the amount you need, allowing 3 to 4 small pieces per person for an appetizer, 4 to 5 if used as a main c