Pork marinated in soy sauce, Chinese style

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 45 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to cook pork in Chinese? Prepare all ingredients according to the list. Use carrots, sesame seeds and parsley as desired, this dish will be delicious without them too.

2. STEP 2

   

   If necessary, defrost the pork pulp by transferring it from the freezer to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator in advance. Then wash it and dry it with paper towels. Cut into thin slices (8-10 cm long and 3-4 cm wide). If you want, beat the slices on both sides with a kitchen hammer.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the pork slices in a bowl and pour in the soy sauce. Mix well and leave to marinate for at least 20 minutes, but up to overnight. The longer the meat is marinated, the juicier and more flavorful it will be. There is no need to salt the pork, as the soy sauce is already salty enough.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add potato or cornstarch and mix well.

5. STEP 5

   

   It is important that each piece of meat is covered in starch; this is very similar to the principle of batter. Outwardly it looks as if the pork was dipped in sour cream.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour vegetable oil with a high smoking point into a deep frying pan (or small cauldron). Heat well over high heat. Dip a wooden kitchen spatula into the hot oil; if bubbles gather around, the oil is hot enough. Reduce the heat to medium, add the pork to the pan and deep-fry it on both sides until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side.

7. STEP 7

   

   Remove the meat using a slotted spoon. Be careful not to get burned.

8. STEP 8

   

   Line a plate with paper towels. Place the fried meat on them to drain off excess fat.

9. STEP 9

   

   Peel the well-washed carrots. Cut it into thin strips or grate it on a Korean grater.

10. STEP 10

    

    Coarsely chop the parsley without sprigs, washed and dried with paper towels. Parsley and carrots are optional in this dish, but desirable.

11. STEP 11

    

    Now prepare the sweet and sour sauce. To do this, mix sugar and tomato paste in a saucepan, stir the mixture until the sugar crystals dissolve. Tomato paste can be replaced with tomato sauce or ketchup to suit your taste. If you like spicy dishes, take super-hot ketchup; if not, choose a medium-hot product. If desired, add juice squeezed from half a lemon for aroma and taste.

12. STEP 12

    

    Pour in boiled water, warm or cooled.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add 9% table vinegar (or use rice vinegar for sushi). Heat the saucepan with the sauce over low heat for a couple of minutes.

14. STEP 14

    

    Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. The one in which the meat was fried is suitable. It will add gloss to the sauce.

15. STEP 15

    

    Pour sesame oil (if available) into the sauce; it will give the finished meat a specific aroma. Mix well and cook for another 2 minutes.

16. STEP 16

    

    Then add the fried pork to the resulting sauce, stir so that the sauce is well distributed over all the meat pieces.

17. STEP 17

    

    Add carrots and parsley to the meat. Stir.

18. STEP 18

    

    Wait 2 minutes and turn off the stove. Our Chinese pork is ready!

19. STEP 19

    

    Divide the dish among plates. If desired, sprinkle sesame seeds on top, which must first be toasted until golden brown in a dry frying pan to make it even more aromatic. Traditionally, pork in sweet and sour sauce is served with fluffy rice or, if you prefer, prepare rice noodles and fried potatoes as a side dish.

20. STEP 20

    

    Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Rat

11.08.2023

4.9

The dish will definitely diversify the menu. Thank you, we will try) I found another option on the site.

Ira

11.08.2023

4.6

nasstin, it’s really very easy to prepare such a wonderful Chinese meat dish! Thanks for the recipe!

Aziza

11.08.2023

4.6

We ordered this meat once, it was incredibly delicious! Well, homemade, of course, will be even tastier.