Chinese Pork and Ginger Stir-Fry - Easy, healthy and Oh so Flavorful!!!

 

Chinese Pork and Ginger Stir-Fry.-   Stir-fry dishes are very quick and retain the freshness of the ingredients so the result is a flavor plus dish, they're also very fast to make so they're good for weekday meals. 

Now I have and have had a wok at home for a long time because I find it amazing to cook with and not just for Asian foods, but if you don't have one it doesn't mean you can't prepare these recipes, just use a large fry pan, the thinnest one you have so it will heat quickly or if you have a cast iron pan you can use it as well since they retain heat so well. 

The trick to any stir-fry, and for me ANY dish I'm preparing is to get organized first, called "mise en place", where you get your ingredients together, prepare them so they're ready to cook, this way the actual preparation of the stir-fry only takes minutes!

To prepare this recipe you will need:

1 lb or 500 g  Pork meat, as free of fat and sinew as possible, thinly sliced

2 tbsp            Light soy sauce

2 tbsp            oyster sauce

2 tsp              dark soy sauce (if you don't have any, use regular soy sauce)

2 tbsp            Chinese Shaoxing Wine (if you don't have it use white wine)

1 tsp              Chinese Five Spice (I include my homemade version or buy it)

1 tbsp            sugar

2 tbsp            vegetable oil

3                    garlic cloves, roughly chopped

1                    piece ginger (1.5 in) peeled, sliced into fine matchsticks

6                    spring onions (scallions) sliced in 2 in slices (batons) keep the pale green and                          dark parts separate

1/2 tbsp         sesame oil

                      MARINADE:                                    

1 tsp              ginger, finely grated

1 tbsp            light soy sauce

1/2 tsp           pepper, fresh ground

2 tsp              cornstarch (corn flour)

1/2 tsp            baking soda

                       PREPARATION:

1-        Place the pork in a large bowl. Add the marinade ingredients and use your hands to mix thoroughly. Set aside to marinate while you prepare the rest of your ingredients for the 

stir-fry.

2-        Make the stir-fry sauce by mixing together the light soy sauce, oyster sauce, 

Chinese Shaoxing wine, dark soy sauce, Chinese five spice and sugar.

3-        Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan over medium heat. Add the garlic, 

ginger and the bottom parts of the spring onion stems and stir-fry for 30 seconds. 

Add the pork and spread the pieces out in the pan. Turn the heat to high. Allow to 

cook for a few seconds then stir-fry until almost cooked. Add the stir-fry sauce and 

stir-fry for another 30 seconds or until the sauce thickens slightly and the pork is cooked 

through. Turn the heat off and toss through the green parts of the spring onion and the 

sesame oil.

NOTE-    You can serve this over rice, noodles or your choice.

I hope you will try this recipe so you too can see how great it is, it's become a regular 

rotation on our family menus!