Red-braised Pork Chops
Perfect Red-braised pork chops
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 slices pork chops ( , around 1 cm in thickness)
- 4 tbsp. starch ( , cornstarch or sweet potato starch)
- 1.5 tbsp. water
- 2 green onions ( , cut into 1-inch section)
- 1 green onion ( , finely chopped)
- 1 small thumb ginger ( , sliced)
- 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp. sugar
- oil for frying
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp. rice wine
- 1/8 tsp. white pepper
- a small pinch of salt
Instructions
- 1
Pound the pork chops back and forth with a pounder or the back of a knife (Chinese way) then marinate with rice wine, white pepper, salt and light soy sauce for 10 to 15 minutes.
- 2
Mix 4 tbsp. of starch with 1 and 1/2 tbsp. water in a small bowl. Then mix with marinated pork chops.
- 3
Heat oil to 160 degree C (almost smoky) and then fry the pork chop one by one until well browned.
- 4
Heat around 1 tbsp. of oil in a pan and fry ginger and green onion over slow fire until aroma. Then place fried pork chops in, add a small pinch of salt, sugar and light soy sauce. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Pick the pork chops out, discard the ginger and green onion, and keep the sauce to pour over.
- 5
Sprinkle chopped green onion and serve directly. Recommend serving with steamed rice.