Recipe: Yu Xiang Rou Si

You Xiang Rou Si, meaning Fish fragrant pork strips, doesn’t actually smell like fish nor does it contain any.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 300g shredded pork (”Zhu rou si”) or pork cut into matchstick sized strips
• 1 carrot and two good sized bamboo shoots cut into the same size as the pork piece
• 5 or 6 crushed dried red chile pappers
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar, dissolved in the soy sauce
• 3 teaspoon brown Chinese vinegar
• 2 chopped spring onions.
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

LET’S GET COOKING..

1. Brown the pork and set aside
2. Stir fry the bamboo shoots and carrot for 1 minute.
3. Add Chilli, ginger and garlic and stirfry for 30 seconds longer.
4. Re add the pork, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and spring onions and mix.
5. Lower the heat and stir through corn starch.
6. Serve.