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Sichuan Double Fried Pork

Double Fried Pork - Sichuan style

This is a spicy dish, typical from the Chinese Province Sichuan, it has a very strong and addictive flavor and is best paired with rice and boiled green leaves, like Pak Choi.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 150 g pork belly
  • 2 green peppers ~120 g
  • 8 small dried black Chinese mushrooms
  • 2 small onions
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 small pieces of fresh ginger
  • 1 scallion
  • 1 tsp Sichuan pepper corns
  • 2 Tbsps. soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsps. Chinese cooking wine optional
  • 1 heaped tsp Toban Djan Chili Bean Sauce
  • pinch of Chinese five spice
  • 2 Tbsp. oil

Instructions
 

  • Boil the pork belly with one piece of ginger, sliced, one onion, five spice, Sichuan pepper corns, 1 Tbsp. soy sauce, 1 Tbsp. cooking wine. Cover the meat with water. Boil until a chopstick pierces easily through the meat.
  • Take out the pork belly and cool completely.
  • In the remaining liquid, or in clean warm water, soak the black mushrooms.
  • Chop finely the ginger and the garlic.
  • Cut the onion and the pepper in big chunks.
  • Cut the cooled pork belly into thin slices.
  • In a wok drizzle the oil and place the pork slices in one layer.
  • Stir and turn occasionally the slices onto their other side until golden.
  • Make a place inside the middle and fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant, then add the peppers and the onion.
  • Stir fry until vegetables are a little cooked, but still crunchy.
  • Add the hydrated mushrooms, the Toban Djan, then the soy sauce, scallion and cooking wine.
  • Stir for a minute and then serve.

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Keyword chinese food, sichuan, spicy