Twice Cooked Pork (Hui Guo Rou)
(Pork is boiled and then stir-fried in this authentic recipe from Szechuan)
Serves 3 to 4
Ingredients:
1/2 lb pork
1 leek
1 small green pepper (choose jalapeno pepper for better taste)
1 small red pepper
1 tablespoon chili paste
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Cook pork in boiling water for twenty minutes.
While pork is boiling, prepare vegetables. Remove the seeds from the jalapeno
pepper, and cut the leek, and green and red peppers into chunks.
When pork has finished boiling, remove and let cool. Cut the pork into thin matchbox
slices.
Add the salt to the pork pieces with your fingers. Stir and mix to make sure the meat is
coated.
Heat wok. When hot, add cooking oil.
Stir-fry vegetables, adding, one at a time, leeks, green peppers, and red peppers.
Stir-fry, taking care not to overcook (until mushy).
Add the chili paste and soy sauce, followed by the pork slices. Blend and cook together
for 1 -2 minutes. Serve hot.