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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Pork with Snap Peas, Garlic, Ginger and Bell Peppers

 


Anyway, or Any Style Pork to suit your taste 

Sauce

Any combination of:

Pork or chicken or both
Dark Soy 
Shouxing rice wine
Hosin sauce
Honey or brown sugar or both or 2 tsp. of sugar
Black Vinegar ( to brighten flavors)
Fish sauce used sparingly
Seasame oil ( use in moderation ) or omit
Oyster Sauce
Ginger, minced
Garlic, minced

Stir Fry
Grapeseed or peanut oil
1 pound Pork Loin cut into strips
1 whole Onion cut into strips
Green and red Peppers cut into strips
Snap peas, end strip and backbone thread removed
Scallion greens, cut into strips and crossed cut to length desired diagonally for appeal, these are added last in the last to seconds of cooking, so have scallion sequestered in a small bowl.


Marinade
Shouxing rice wine
1 1/2 tbls cornstarch
1 tbls oil
Black Pepper


Herbs
Ginger, minced
Garlic, minced

To promote finishing the cooking of the pork
Marin, water 50-50

Slurry Thickener
2 teaspoons of cornstarch
Water
Stir until milky


Garnishes
Seasame seeds (optional)

Chopped cilantro (optional)

Wash all vegetables and pat dry with paper towels. Prepare sauce ingredients ahead of cooking.

Prepare pork by cutting the loin into 1/4 slices, the diagonally cut into 1/4 inch strips.

Marinate pork for an hour in marinade. Stir to spread marinade, refrigerate.

In a small dish, assemble the garlic and ginger. These will be used just before adding sauce.

Heat a seasoned wok until it smokes. Add a tablespoon of oil, and cook all the vegetables. Retain in a bowl.

Reheat wok until smokes and cook the marinated pork or chicken. When nearly done, add the minced garlic and ginger, cook for a minute. Add back the vegetables and the sauce of your choice. Stir fry a minute longer, add the slurry thickener. Increase heat. Cook a minute longer while tossing ingredients. Add scallion and garnishes.