Pork in Hot Bean Sauce

Name: Pork in Hot Bean Sauce (醬爆肉丁)
Yield: Serves 2.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon dry sherry; 1 large green pepper, diced (about 1 cup); 2 teaspoons hot bean sauce; 2 quarter -sized slices peeled ginger; 1 large clove garlic, lightly smashed and peeled; 2 teaspoons oil; 3 cups water; 1 large whole scallion, finely chopped; ½ pound lean pork, loin or butt, diced; 2 teaspoons cornstarch; 4 tablespoons oil; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 2 teaspoons bean paste; 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce; 2 teaspoons dry sherry; ½ cup diced bamboo shoots; 2 teaspoons dark soy sauce; 2 teaspoons sugar

醬爆肉丁

Preparation info

Serves
2
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

Coated with sauce and rich in color, the dainty pieces of meat and vegetables are tasty and subtly hot. This dish is moist and thick, and goes extremely well with rice and a stir-fried cabbage.

Ingredients

½ pound lean pork, loin or butt, diced

Asia
China
Dinner
Main course

Method

Preparations

Put the diced pork in a bowl and add the soy sauce and sherry; mix well. Sprinkle in the cornstarch and stir; then add the oil and toss and mix until the meat is evenly coated. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Prepare the garlic, green pepper, bamboo shoots, scallion, and ginger and place them on your working platter. Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl. All these preparations