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Sliced Pork with Chili Oil and Garlic Sauce

红油蒜泥白肉

Cooked pork rump and cucumber are served with a garlic, chili oil and Sichuan pepper dressing.

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Thin pork slices and cucumber covered with red chili oil and chopped garlic.
Sliced Pork with Chili Oil and Garlic Sauce
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Ingredients

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  • about 500 g (1 Chinese jin)pork rump
  • 1cucumber
  • 2star anise
  • 2bay leaves
  • scallions
  • ginger
  • cooking wine
  • garlic
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 1 spoonful eachvinegar and sesame oil
  • 1/2 spoonful eachground Sichuan pepper and sugar
  • as neededsalt
  • chicken bouillon
  • chili oil
  • 1 large spoonfulpork cooking broth
  • water
  • Sichuan peppercorns for poaching

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.

Chinese jin (斤) is retained alongside its mainland market-weight equivalent: 1 jin = 500 g.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Put pork in cold water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine. Bring to a boil, blanch and rinse.

  2. 02

    Add fresh water, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, until cooked. Cool and slice.

  3. 03

    Slice cucumber and arrange with the pork on a plate.

  4. 04

    Mix minced garlic and scallions with light soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, ground Sichuan pepper, sugar, salt, chicken bouillon and chili oil. Add 1 large spoonful of the pork cooking broth and serve with the meat.

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Sliced Pork with Chili Oil and Garlic Sauce

Cooked pork rump and cucumber are served with a garlic, chili oil and Sichuan pepper dressing.

Ingredients

  • about 500 g (1 Chinese jin)pork rump
  • 1cucumber
  • 2star anise
  • 2bay leaves
  • scallions
  • ginger
  • cooking wine
  • garlic
  • 2 spoonfulslight soy sauce
  • 1 spoonful eachvinegar and sesame oil
  • 1/2 spoonful eachground Sichuan pepper and sugar
  • as neededsalt
  • chicken bouillon
  • chili oil
  • 1 large spoonfulpork cooking broth
  • water
  • Sichuan peppercorns for poaching

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.

Chinese jin (斤) is retained alongside its mainland market-weight equivalent: 1 jin = 500 g.

Method

  1. 01

    Put pork in cold water with scallions, ginger and cooking wine. Bring to a boil, blanch and rinse.

  2. 02

    Add fresh water, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, until cooked. Cool and slice.

  3. 03

    Slice cucumber and arrange with the pork on a plate.

  4. 04

    Mix minced garlic and scallions with light soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, ground Sichuan pepper, sugar, salt, chicken bouillon and chili oil. Add 1 large spoonful of the pork cooking broth and serve with the meat.