Fish-Fragrant Shredded Pork
A classic Sichuan specialty with a glossy red finish, silky-tender texture, and bold fish-fragrant (yúxiāng) flavor.
Ingredients
Instructions
Marinate the pork
Slice the pork into fingernail-sized thin pieces, then add salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, and water-mixed bean starch and stir until evenly coated to marinate.
Prepare the ingredients
Wash the wood ear mushrooms and bamboo shoots, cut them into small pieces, blanch them briefly in boiling water, and drain. Remove the seeds from the pickled chili peppers and chop them finely. Finely chop the ginger and garlic, and cut the scallions into small rings.
Mix the sauce
Combine the salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, MSG, sugar, vinegar, water-mixed bean starch, and broth in a bowl and stir to form the sauce.
Stir-fry and finish
Place a wok over the heat, add the oil and heat it, drop in the pork slices and stir-fry to break them apart, add the pickled chili peppers, ginger, and garlic and toss briefly, then add the wood ear mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and scallions and stir-fry until evenly combined, pour in the sauce, toss until everything is evenly coated, remove from the wok, and serve on a plate.