This recipe makes a couple of half cup of sauce-just sufficient to supply nice taste and spice to the pork and greens with out making the dish soupy or overly scorching soy sauce
Serves 4
Elements
For the Szechuan Sauce
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
- 3 Thai chiles, stemmed and finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 tsp finely chopped peeled ginger
- 1 tbsp finely chopped onion
- sea salt
- freshly floor black pepper
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp tomato puree (or 2 tbsp tomato paste dissolved in 2 tsp water)
For the Pork and Greens
- 2/3 lb floor pork
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp finely chopped peeled ginger
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp peanut oil, divided
- 3 scallions, white and inexperienced chopped individually
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and julienned
- 1/4 lb snow peas, strings eliminated, sliced lengthwise in half
- 1/4 lb inexperienced beans, strings eliminated, damaged in half
- sea salt
- freshly floor black pepper
- steamed white rice, for serving (optionally available)
Preparation
For the Szechuan Sauce
- Warmth a wok over medium-high warmth and add the peanut oil. Add the chiles, garlic, ginger, and onion and season with salt and pepper. Stir-fry 2 minutes.
- Add the vinegar, sugar, and tomato puree and stir effectively to mix. Cut back warmth to low and simmer 5 minutes. Take away from the warmth and let cool 5 minutes. Switch to a bowl and put aside. Don’t wipe out the wok.
For the Pork and Greens
- Place the pork in a bowl and sprinkle with cornstarch. Add the soy sauce, ginger, and garlic and stir to mix. Let stand at room temperature quarter-hour.
- Re-heat the wok over medium-high warmth and add 1 tablespoon of peanut oil. Add the seasoned pork and stir-fry 5 minutes, till simply cooked by means of. Switch to a bowl.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of peanut oil to the wok and add the white components of the scallions, carrot, snow peas, and inexperienced beans and season with salt and pepper. Stir-fry 4 minutes.
- Return the pork to the wok together with any accrued juices and stir effectively to mix. Add the Szechuan sauce to the wok and stir 1 minute.
Divide the pork and vegetable combination amongst 4 shallow bowls and sprinkle with the inexperienced components of the scallions. Serve with a facet of steamed white rice, if desired.