Yan jian rou (chili pork)
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1 lb Lean pork
- 1 tb Light soy sauce
- 2 tb Rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 pn Salt
- 2 ts Sesame oil
- 3 tb Peanut oil
- 8 oz Fresh mild chiles
- 3 tb Finely chopped garlic
- 1 ts Red chili powder -=OR=- Cayenne pepper
- 1 ts Sichuan peppercorns roasted - and crushed
- 3 tb Water
- 1 tb Light soy sauce
- 2 ts Sugar CUT THE PORK into 3-inch thin slices and combine with the soy sauce
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Instructions:
tablespoon rice wine salt and sesame oil. Cut the chiles in half lengthwise and seed them. Heat a wok or large saute pan until it is hot. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of peanut oil and the pork and stir-fry for 1 minute. Remove the pork with a slotted spoon. Reheat the wok and add the remaining oil. When it is very hot add the fresh chiles garlic chili powder or cayenne and peppercorns and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Then add the water 1 tablespoon rice wine soy sauce and sugar and cook for another 30 seconds. Return the meat to the wok and heat through. Give the mixture several good stirs turn onto a platter and serve. Serves 4 as part of a Chinese meal or 2 as a single dish.
