Flame-Torched Pork
A Jinan-style regional dish prepared using the "huobao" high-heat stir-frying technique. The finished dish has a purple-red color, a tender and flavorful profile, and a subtly scorched aroma.
Ingredients
Instructions
Slicing
Wash the pork and cut it into slices 4.5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, and 0.2 cm thick. Cut the scallion and ginger into shreds, and slice the garlic.
Marinating
Combine the scallion shreds, ginger shreds, and garlic slices with the soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, sesame oil, sweet bean sauce, and monosodium glutamate. Add to the pork slices, mix well, and marinate for 10 minutes.
Flame-Torching Stir-Fry
Heat the peanut oil in a wok over high heat until smoking hot, then immediately pour in the marinated pork slices. The flames will rise along the edge of the wok and ignite the oil, reaching about 0.6 meters high. Quickly stir the pork with a ladle, half flame-torching and half stir-frying in the blazing oil for about 1 minute. Transfer to a plate and serve with thick scallion whites and sweet bean sauce on the side.