Sauce-Fried Pork Cubes
Diced pork and diced carrots are stir-fried together, coated in a rich, sweet savory sauce, with a perfectly balanced salty-sweet flavor.
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A beloved homestyle Chinese staple, this dish pairs tender diced pork with bright, crisp diced carrots, all glistening with a well-balanced savory-sweet sauce that makes it a perfect, no-fuss pairing for a bowl of steamed rice.
Ingredients
pork (washed, diced, coated with wet starch and salt)
500g
carrot (washed, diced)
to taste
cooking oil
500g (actual consumption 50g)
sesame oil
2 tablespoons
soy sauce
3 tablespoons
Shaoxing wine
2 tablespoons
sweet bean sauce
2 tablespoons
refined salt
1 teaspoon
white sugar
3 tablespoons
MSG
2 teaspoons
starch (for thickening sauce)
as needed
water (for thickening sauce)
as needed
carrot
Instructions
1
Ingredient preparation
Wash the pork, cut into small cubes, coat with wet starch and salt; wash the carrot, cut into small cubes.
2
Velveting pork cubes
Place a small amount of oil in the pot, slide the pork cubes in the oil until fully cooked, then remove; put the carrot cubes into the hot oil and deep-fry until cooked.
3
Preparing starch slurry
Mix the sweet bean sauce, soy sauce, white sugar, salt, MSG, cooking wine, starch and water into a uniform starch slurry.
4
Final stir-fry
Place the wok over heat, heat the sesame oil until hot, add the prepared starch slurry, stir continuously until the sauce thickens; add the carrot cubes and pork cubes, stir-fry evenly, then it is ready.
