Shredded Pork with Green Pepper
This Zhejiang-style green pepper and shredded pork dish features an appealing red-and-green color combination, with tender yet lightly crisped, flavorful pork.
Ingredients
pork (fat to lean ratio 3:7)
200 g
green bell pepper (seeded and cored)
70 g
lard
75 g
salt
2 g
cooking wine
13 g
sweet bean sauce
13 g
scallion (shredded)
13 g
soy sauce
20 g
wet cornstarch
15 g
MSG
3 g
ginger (shredded)
8 g
broth
to taste
peanut oil (for greasing)
a pinch
Instructions
1
Step 1
Shred the pork, scallion, ginger, and green bell pepper (seeded and cored). Mix the shredded pork with a small amount of soy sauce, cooking wine, and salt, then coat with wet cornstarch, and brush with a little peanut oil.
2
Step 2
Mix soy sauce, cooking wine, MSG, scallion, ginger, and wet cornstarch into a sauce.
3
Step 3
Heat a wok, add the lard, and heat until hot. Add the shredded pork, stirring with a spatula as you add it. When the pork shreds separate, add the sweet bean sauce. Once the fragrance is released, add the green bell pepper and stir-fry a few times. Pour in the prepared sauce, and when it bubbles, stir evenly to finish.
