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Pork-Stuffed Green Peppers

青椒酿肉

Green peppers filled with seasoned ground pork are pan-fried and finished in a thickened soy glaze.

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Green pepper pockets coated with a light brown glaze.
Pork-Stuffed Green Peppers
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Ingredients

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  • 6thick-walled green peppers
  • 300 gground pork, about 30% fat
  • light soy sauce and starch for filling
  • salt for filling
  • 1 spoonfullight soy sauce for sauce
  • 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
  • 1 spoonfulstarch for sauce
  • a littlesugar
  • 1/2 bowlwater
  • a littlecooking 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.

Bowl and cup measures retain the original Chinese units 碗/杯; capacity is unspecified. 小半 means slightly less than half; 大半 means slightly more than half.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Wash, stem and deseed the peppers. Mix ground pork with light soy sauce, starch and a little salt, then stuff into the peppers.

  2. 02

    Mix the sauce light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, starch, sugar and water.

  3. 03

    Heat a little oil and pan-fry the stuffed peppers over medium-low heat until golden and wrinkled on both sides.

  4. 04

    Add the sauce and bubble over high heat for the source's 2 minutes. Check that the filling is cooked through before reducing the sauce and serving.

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Pork-Stuffed Green Peppers

Green peppers filled with seasoned ground pork are pan-fried and finished in a thickened soy glaze.

Ingredients

  • 6thick-walled green peppers
  • 300 gground pork, about 30% fat
  • light soy sauce and starch for filling
  • salt for filling
  • 1 spoonfullight soy sauce for sauce
  • 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
  • 1 spoonfuloyster sauce
  • 1 spoonfulstarch for sauce
  • a littlesugar
  • 1/2 bowlwater
  • a littlecooking 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.

Bowl and cup measures retain the original Chinese units 碗/杯; capacity is unspecified. 小半 means slightly less than half; 大半 means slightly more than half.

Method

  1. 01

    Wash, stem and deseed the peppers. Mix ground pork with light soy sauce, starch and a little salt, then stuff into the peppers.

  2. 02

    Mix the sauce light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, starch, sugar and water.

  3. 03

    Heat a little oil and pan-fry the stuffed peppers over medium-low heat until golden and wrinkled on both sides.

  4. 04

    Add the sauce and bubble over high heat for the source's 2 minutes. Check that the filling is cooked through before reducing the sauce and serving.