Pork with Black Bean Sauce
A quick and easy pork stir fry recipe from Ken Hom. This pork in black bean sauce recipe from the Complete Chinese Cookbook goes well with a side of fried rice.
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Introduction
Pork goes particularly well with black beans, the salty and pungent flavour of which is so distinctively southern Chinese. This simple, homely, stir-fried dish is one I often ate as a child. Sometimes my mother would vary the taste by adding an extra spicy touch of chilli bean sauce. It is very quick to cook and goes well with plain rice and any stir-fried vegetable.
Ingredients
| 1½ tbsp | groundnut or vegetable oil |
| 450g | lean pork |
| 1½ tbsp | black beans, coarsely chopped |
| 1 tbsp | finely chopped garlic |
| 3 tbsp | finely chopped spring onions |
| 1 tbsp | chopped shallots |
| 1½ tbsp | light soy sauce |
| 1 tsp | sugar |
| 1 tbsp | chicken stock or water |
| 1 tbsp | sesame oil |
| For the marinade: | |
| 1 tbsp | Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry |
| 1 tbsp | light soy sauce |
| 2 tsp | sesame oil |
| 1 tsp | cornflour |
| For the garnish: | |
| Chopped spring onions | |
| Chopped spring onions |
Method
Cut the pork into thin slices 5cm (2in) long. Put the slices into a small bowl and mix them well with the marinade ingredients. Let them marinate for about 20 minutes.
Heat a wok or large frying pan until it is hot. Add half the oil, and when it is very hot and almost smoking, lift the pork out of the marinade with a slotted spoon, put it into the wok and quickly stir-fry it for about 2–3 minutes. Transfer it to a bowl.
Wipe the wok clean, reheat it and add the rest of the oil.
Then quickly add the black beans, garlic, spring onions and shallots. A few seconds later add the soy sauce, sugar, chicken stock and sesame oil. Bring to the boil, then return the pork to the wok or pan and stir-fry for another 5 minutes. Turn everything on to a platter and serve at once.
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