Minced Pork Sea Cucumber

Name: Minced Pork Sea Cucumber
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 400 g Soaked sea cucumber (split open, remove innards, washed, cut in halves); 100 g Pork belly (skin and sinew removed, washed, minced); 150 ml Chicken broth; 500 g (75 g actually used) Soybean oil (for blanching in oil and stir-frying); 50 g Soybean paste; 5 g Soy sauce; 2 g Sugar; 5 g Cooking wine; 0.5 g Chili powder; 1 g White pepper powder; 25 g Scallion (half cut into 3 cm segments, half minced); 25 g Ginger (half sliced, half minced); 5 g Garlic (minced); 3 g MSG; 5 g Cornstarch (for thickening); 8 g (toasted) Sesame seeds (toasted)

A Korean-style braised dish featuring rehydrated sea cucumber and pork belly, seasoned with doenjang and chili powder. It has a glossy red appearance, with a savory-spicy flavor and tender texture.

55 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Soaked sea cucumber (split open, remove innards, washed, cut in halves) 400 g

Pork belly (skin and sinew removed, washed, minced) 100 g

Chicken broth 150 ml

Soybean oil (for blanching in oil and stir-frying) 500 g (75 g actually used)

Soybean paste 50 g

Soy sauce 5 g

Sugar 2 g

Cooking wine 5 g

Chili powder 0.5 g

White pepper powder 1 g

Scallion (half cut into 3 cm segments, half minced) 25 g

Ginger (half sliced, half minced) 25 g

Garlic (minced) 5 g

MSG 3 g

Cornstarch (for thickening) 5 g

Sesame seeds (toasted) 8 g (toasted)

Instructions

Ingredient preparation

Split open the soaked sea cucumber, remove the innards, wash, and cut in halves. Remove skin and sinew from pork belly, wash, and mince. Peel and wash scallion, cut half into 3 cm segments and mince the other half. Peel and wash ginger, slice half and mince the other half. Peel garlic and mince.

Deodorize sea cucumber

Place the sea cucumber in a pot, blanch in cold water three times to remove the fishy smell, then remove and drain.

Blanch sea cucumber in oil

Heat 500 g of soybean oil in a wok to 50% hot, add sea cucumber, briefly pass through oil, then remove and drain.

Pre-cook sea cucumber

Leave 25 g of oil in the wok, add scallion segments and ginger slices, briefly stir-fry, add cooking wine and 50 ml chicken broth, bring to a boil, remove scallion segments and ginger slices, add sea cucumber, simmer about 10 minutes, then remove and drain for later use.

Stir-fry minced pork

Clean the wok and heat it, add 25 g soybean oil. When 50% hot, add ginger mince and scallion mince, briefly stir-fry, add minced pork. When the pork changes color, add garlic mince and chili powder, briefly stir-fry, then remove for later use.

Braise and reduce sauce

Using the remaining oil, heat, add soybean paste and stir-fry, add cooking wine and the remaining 100 ml chicken broth, simmer 5 minutes. Add sea cucumber and minced pork, add soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, and MSG, simmer on low heat about 10 minutes. Switch to high heat to reduce the sauce, thicken with cornstarch, finally add minced scallion, stir-fry a few times, plate, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and serve.