Ingredients: 500 grams (0.11 lb) of pork fillet 50 grams (2 3/4 tbsp) soy sauce 20 grams (1 3/4 tbsp) cooking wine 50 grams (3 tbsp) sugar 3 grams (1/2 tsp) salt 30 grams (2 tbsp) vinegar 10 grams (2 tsp) mixture of cornstarch and water 100 grams (7 tbsp) cooking oil 10 grams (1/3 oz) sectioned scallions 10 grams (1/3 oz) sliced ginger 100 grams (8 tbsp) dry cornstarch 50 grams (3 tbsp) water
Directions:
1. Cut the fillet into chunks 5 cm (2 inches) long and 4 cm (1.6 inches) wide and mix with 5 g (1/6 oz) of scallions and ginger each, 1 g (1/6 tsp) of salt and 10 g (2 tsp) of cooking wine, and marinate for 10 minutes.
2. Dust the marinated chunks of meat with dry cornstarch.
3. Heat the oil to 180-200ºC (355-390ºF) and deep-fry the chunks of meat, piece by piece, until they are done. Take out and drain off the oil.
4. Keep 50 g (3 1/2 tbsp) of the oil in the wok and add the cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, MSG and salt and water, and bring to boiling point. Add the vinegar and thicken the soup with the mixture of cornstarch and water. Put in the deep-fried fillet and turn several times to allow the ingredients to be fully absorbed into the meat and gravy. Take out and serve.
Features: The color of the meat is brown and the gravy is shiny.
Taste: Crispy, tender, sour and sweet to the right taste.
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