06 February 2009

Stir-fried pork with vegetables

We attempted to eat this with chopsticks. Lots of noodles went on the floor, but you had great fun.

You'll need:

a couple of boneless pork steaks, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
2 teaspoons cornflour
vegetables - we used peppers, onions and carrots (yes, not particularly Chinese I know, but it was whatever we had in the fridge)

First of all, stick your pork, a teaspoon of soy sauce, sugar, rice wine and cornflour all in a bowl, and leave to marinate. You could do this a while before you need it (overnight even), and just leave it in the fridge.

Slice your veg into strips. Heat a couple of tablespoons of oil (preferably sunflower or vegetable) in a frying pan/wok on a very high heat, and then stir fry the pork for a couple of minutes (or until it colours). Take out, set aside and keep warm.

In the meantime, add the veg to the wok, and stir fry for another couple of minutes. Chuck the pork back in, add a little water (or stock if you have it to hand) and cook for a minute. Pour in the rest of the soy sauce, mix well, and then serve.

We ate ours with noodles, but it'd be equally good with rice.

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