Lychee Pork
Hakka dish: scored pork coated in egg batter and deep-fried until crispy, then finished with lychee for a sweet-and-sour flavor.
Ingredients
Pork (alternating fat and lean, cut into balls with crosshatch scoring)
250 g
Oil
200 g
Water chestnut flour
75 g
Duck egg
1/2
Sugar
to taste
Ketchup
to taste
White vinegar
to taste
Lychee flesh (fruit ingredient)
300 g
Soy sauce
to taste
Salt
to taste
Sichuan pepper
to taste
Cooking wine
to taste
Scallion
to taste
Instructions
1
Marinate the pork
Cut the pork into thumb-sized balls with crosshatch scoring, marinate with Sichuan pepper, cooking wine, scallion, and soy sauce, then remove and air-dry to remove excess moisture.
2
Coat and deep-fry
Mix the duck egg and water chestnut flour into a batter, coat the pork evenly, then deep-fry in hot oil.