Stir-fried Rabbit with Scallions
A Zhejiang home-style dish of stir-fried sliced rabbit meat with large scallions. Light reddish in color, with tender meat and a fragrant scallion aroma.
Ingredients
Instructions
Velveting the rabbit meat
Slice the rabbit meat into thin pieces that are 4 cm long and 1.7 cm wide, place in a bowl, add refined salt, 5 g Shaoxing wine and egg white, stir vigorously until the mixture becomes sticky, coat with 10 g wet starch for velveting, add 10 g sesame oil and mix well, cut scallions into shreds and set aside.
Preparing the sauce
Add soy sauce, white sugar, vinegar, MSG, 10 g Shaoxing wine and 10 g wet starch to a bowl, add 15 g water and mix to make the sauce.
Stir-frying the rabbit meat
Heat a wok over medium heat, coat the wok with oil, then add rendered lard and heat to 40% (approx. 88°C), add the rabbit meat, use chopsticks to separate the pieces and cook until done, then pour into a colander to drain.
Finishing the dish with scallions
Leave a small amount of base oil in the wok, add scallions and sliced ginger, stir-fry until fragrant, add the cooked rabbit meat, pour the prepared sauce into the wok, toss a few times to coat the meat with the thick sauce, drizzle with sesame oil and serve.