Pork with Peppers and Bamboo Shoots

Name: Pork with Peppers and Bamboo Shoots (炒肉絲)
Yield: It makes a good dinner for 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ pound boneless pork, loin or butt; 1 large green pepper; ½ cup shredded bamboo shoots; 3 tablespoons oil; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; ½ teaspoon sugar; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; ¼ teaspoon sugar; ¼ cup boiling water; Pinch of salt; 1 tablespoon dry sherry

炒肉絲

Preparation info

It makes a good dinner for
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

This is a dainty, light, and refreshing dish. The meat and vegetables are stir-fried separately, then blended without any thickening. It makes a good dinner for 2 if you precede it with a thick soup, such as Shrimp “Gunn,” and accompany it with rice.

Ingredients

½ pound boneless pork, loin or butt
1 large green pepper
½

Asia
China
Dinner

Method

Preparations

Freeze the meat until firm to make the cutting easier. Cut meat crosswise into slices a little thinner than ¼ inch thick. Line them up into a slanting stack and cut them crosswise into thin shreds about 1½