Zucchini and Pork Stir-Fry
西葫芦炒肉
Salted and drained zucchini strips are stir-fried with marinated pork, ginger, garlic and fresh chiles.
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Ingredients
Quantities are included where specified in the original recipe.
- zucchini
- lean pork front-leg meat
- ginger
- garlic
- bird's eye chiles
- 1 spoonful plus finishing amountlight soy sauce
- 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
- cooking wine
- starch
- 1 spoonful for curing, 1 for final seasoningsalt
- 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.
Ingredient Notes
- The source removes the watery seedy center and squeezes the salted zucchini dry.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01
Mix thin pork slices with the marinade light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine and starch. Marinate for 10 minutes.
- 02
Halve the zucchini, remove its seedy center and cut into strips. Toss with the curing salt for 10 minutes, rinse repeatedly and squeeze dry.
- 03
Heat oil and gently fry garlic, ginger and chiles.
- 04
Add pork and quickly separate and stir-fry until it changes color.
- 05
Add zucchini and stir-fry over high heat until just tender and the pork is cooked.
- 06
Add the source's final salt and a little light soy sauce and toss.
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Zucchini and Pork Stir-Fry
Salted and drained zucchini strips are stir-fried with marinated pork, ginger, garlic and fresh chiles.
Ingredients
- zucchini
- lean pork front-leg meat
- ginger
- garlic
- bird's eye chiles
- 1 spoonful plus finishing amountlight soy sauce
- 1/2 spoonfuldark soy sauce
- cooking wine
- starch
- 1 spoonful for curing, 1 for final seasoningsalt
- 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.
Method
- 01
Mix thin pork slices with the marinade light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine and starch. Marinate for 10 minutes.
- 02
Halve the zucchini, remove its seedy center and cut into strips. Toss with the curing salt for 10 minutes, rinse repeatedly and squeeze dry.
- 03
Heat oil and gently fry garlic, ginger and chiles.
- 04
Add pork and quickly separate and stir-fry until it changes color.
- 05
Add zucchini and stir-fry over high heat until just tender and the pork is cooked.
- 06
Add the source's final salt and a little light soy sauce and toss.
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