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Tofu Puffs and Pork Stir-Fry

油豆腐炒肉

Tofu puffs absorb a savory pork-and-garlic sauce before green pepper and fresh chiles are added.

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Golden tofu puff pieces with pork strips and green and red peppers.
Tofu Puffs and Pork Stir-Fry
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Ingredients

Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.

  • 150 glean pork front-leg meat
  • 10tofu puffs
  • green pepper
  • bird's eye chiles
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • 1 spoonful plus finishing drizzlelight soy sauce
  • 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
  • 1/2 spoonfulcooking wine
  • 1 spoonful for marinadestarch
  • cooking oil
  • 1/2 bowlwater
  • starch slurry
  • optionalsalt

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.

Ingredient Notes

  • The source recommends hollow tofu puffs and tasting before adding salt.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 01

    Shred the pork and mix with the marinade light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, starch and oil. Marinate for 10 minutes. Halve the tofu puffs.

  2. 02

    Heat oil and fry garlic and ginger over low heat. Add pork and separate the pieces over high heat. Cook until opaque and lightly browned, drizzle in light soy sauce and remove.

  3. 03

    Add the tofu puffs and stir-fry briefly. Pour in half a bowl of water, cover and cook for 2 minutes, then drizzle starch slurry around the edge of the pan.

  4. 04

    Add bird's eye chiles and press the tofu gently with the spatula so it absorbs the sauce.

  5. 05

    Return the pork, add green pepper and stir-fry over high heat until just cooked. Add salt as needed and a little light soy sauce, then toss to reduce the sauce.

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Tofu Puffs and Pork Stir-Fry

Tofu puffs absorb a savory pork-and-garlic sauce before green pepper and fresh chiles are added.

Ingredients

  • 150 glean pork front-leg meat
  • 10tofu puffs
  • green pepper
  • bird's eye chiles
  • garlic
  • ginger
  • 1 spoonful plus finishing drizzlelight soy sauce
  • 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
  • 1/2 spoonfulcooking wine
  • 1 spoonful for marinadestarch
  • cooking oil
  • 1/2 bowlwater
  • starch slurry
  • optionalsalt

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

    Shred the pork and mix with the marinade light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, starch and oil. Marinate for 10 minutes. Halve the tofu puffs.

  2. 02

    Heat oil and fry garlic and ginger over low heat. Add pork and separate the pieces over high heat. Cook until opaque and lightly browned, drizzle in light soy sauce and remove.

  3. 03

    Add the tofu puffs and stir-fry briefly. Pour in half a bowl of water, cover and cook for 2 minutes, then drizzle starch slurry around the edge of the pan.

  4. 04

    Add bird's eye chiles and press the tofu gently with the spatula so it absorbs the sauce.

  5. 05

    Return the pork, add green pepper and stir-fry over high heat until just cooked. Add salt as needed and a little light soy sauce, then toss to reduce the sauce.