Chinese home cooking

Pork Belly and Green Garlic Stir-Fry

蒜苗回锅肉

Pork belly is directly stir-fried with green garlic and chile bean paste, following the supplied home-style method.

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Pork belly slices with green garlic sections and reddish chile-bean sauce.
Pork Belly and Green Garlic Stir-Fry
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Ingredients

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  • 300 gpork belly
  • 250 ggreen garlic
  • ginger
  • garlic
  • 1 spoonfuldoubanjiang
  • 1 spoonfullight soy sauce
  • a littledark soy sauce
  • a littlesugar
  • cooking oil if needed

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

  1. 01

    Thinly slice the pork belly. Cut green garlic into sections, keeping the white stems and green leaves separate.

  2. 02

    Render the pork belly slowly over low heat until the edges lightly brown; little extra oil is needed.

  3. 03

    Add ginger, garlic and doubanjiang and fry over low heat until red oil separates.

  4. 04

    Add the white green-garlic stems and stir-fry.

  5. 05

    Season with light soy sauce, a little dark soy sauce and sugar.

  6. 06

    Add the green leaves and quickly stir-fry over high heat until the pork is cooked and the greens just tender.

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Pork Belly and Green Garlic Stir-Fry

Pork belly is directly stir-fried with green garlic and chile bean paste, following the supplied home-style method.

Ingredients

  • 300 gpork belly
  • 250 ggreen garlic
  • ginger
  • garlic
  • 1 spoonfuldoubanjiang
  • 1 spoonfullight soy sauce
  • a littledark soy sauce
  • a littlesugar
  • cooking oil if needed

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.

Method

  1. 01

    Thinly slice the pork belly. Cut green garlic into sections, keeping the white stems and green leaves separate.

  2. 02

    Render the pork belly slowly over low heat until the edges lightly brown; little extra oil is needed.

  3. 03

    Add ginger, garlic and doubanjiang and fry over low heat until red oil separates.

  4. 04

    Add the white green-garlic stems and stir-fry.

  5. 05

    Season with light soy sauce, a little dark soy sauce and sugar.

  6. 06

    Add the green leaves and quickly stir-fry over high heat until the pork is cooked and the greens just tender.