Minced Pork with Tomato
Sweet and tangy with a fresh aroma. The tomatoes are pan-fried then braised together with the minced meat until they break down into a thick, saucy mixture.
Ingredients
Lean pork (minced and steamed in a steamer)
50 g
Tomato (stem removed, washed, and cut into 1.3 cm thick round slices)
150 g
Vegetable oil
25 g
Soy sauce (for seasoning)
a pinch
Fine salt (for seasoning)
a pinch
White sugar (for seasoning)
to taste
Dry starch (sprinkled on the tomato slices)
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Mince the pork, place it in a bowl, and steam in a steamer until cooked through. Remove the stem from the tomato, wash it, and cut into 1.3 cm thick round slices. Sprinkle dry starch on both sides of the slices and arrange them on a plate.
2
Step 2
Place the wok over the heat, add the oil and heat it up. Place the tomato slices coated with dry starch into the wok one by one, and pan-fry both sides until golden yellow. Transfer to a plate.
3
Step 3
Place the wok over the heat, add a small amount of base oil, and put in the pan-fried tomato slices. Evenly sprinkle the cooked minced pork over the tomato slices. Add a small amount of soy sauce, fine salt, and an appropriate amount of white sugar. Cover, reduce to low heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Mash the tomato slices into a paste and mix together with the minced pork and sauce. Transfer to a plate and serve.
