Stir-fried Sliced Pork
Origin: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Source: Yuan Mei 袁枚, 1792
Ingredients
- equal parts lean pork
- equal parts fatty pork
- soy sauce (light)
- oil for cooking
- soy sauce (dark)
- water
- scallion
- melon or gourd
- winter bamboo shoot
- Chinese chive sprout
Instructions
- Cut equal parts lean and fatty pork into thin slices.
- Mix with light soy sauce (清醬).
- Heat oil in the wok and stir-fry the pork.
- When you hear it sizzle and sound loud, add dark soy sauce (醬), water, scallion, melon, winter bamboo shoot, and Chinese chive sprout.
- Remove from the wok with vigorous, fierce heat—火候 (heat control and timing) must be intense to achieve proper wok hei.