Chinese home cooking

Pork and Cucumber Stir-Fry

Name: Pork and Cucumber Stir-Fry
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: pork loin; cucumber; dried chiles; minced garlic; 1 spoonful plus a little finishing amount light soy sauce; 1 spoonful dark soy sauce; a little starch; a little pepper; a little Sichuan pepper oil; oyster sauce; salt; cooking oil

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Pork slices and cucumber are stir-fried with garlic, dried chiles and a little Sichuan pepper oil.

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Published 2026-10-12

English adaptation and editing of authorized supplied recipes: Chinese Home Cooking.

Brown pork slices and green cucumber rounds with dried red chiles in a dark pan. — Pork and Cucumber Stir-Fry

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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

pork loin
cucumber
dried chiles
minced garlic
1 spoonful plus a little finishing amountlight soy sauce
1 spoonfuldark soy sauce
a littlestarch
a littlepepper
a littleSichuan pepper oil
oyster sauce
salt
cooking oil

Spoonfuls retain the Chinese recipe measures 勺/匙. Small and large spoonfuls retain 小勺 and 大勺; their volume is unspecified and is not converted to teaspoons or tablespoons.

Step-by-Step Instructions

01
Mix the pork with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, garlic, starch, pepper and a little Sichuan pepper oil. Marinate for 10 minutes.
02
Stir-fry the pork until the source's roughly eight-tenths-cooked stage and remove it. Stir-fry the cucumber in the remaining oil until just cooked.
03
Add dried chiles and cook until fragrant. Return the pork, add a little light soy sauce, oyster sauce and salt and toss until combined.

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Cooking Method

Stir-Fry ↗

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