Jing Jiang Rou Si (Peking Shredded Pork, 京酱肉丝)
Jing Jiang Rou Si, or Peking shredded pork with sweet bean sauce, features tender pork bites cooked in a thick savory brown sauce that is aromatic and sweet. Served with scallions, you can either wrap it in tofu sheets or duck pancakes, or serve it over steamed rice for a decadent meal.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 12 oz (340 g) pork tenderloin (or loin) (, cut into 1/4” thick matchsticks along the grain (*Footnote 1))
- 1 tbsp egg white
- 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp ginger (, finely minced)
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 3 tbsp sweet bean sauce
- 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp peanut oil ((or vegetable oil))
- 2 green onions (, sliced)
- 2 ” Chinese scallions (or regular scallion) (, the white part only, julienned into thin matchsticks)
- 1 carrot (, julienned (Optional))
- 1/2 cucumber (, julienned (Optional))
- 1 small batch cilantro ((Optional))
- Tofu sheets (, or duck pancakes (*Footnote 3) (Optional))
- Steamed rice ((Optional))
Instructions
- 1
Add the pork, Shaoxing wine and egg white in a medium-sized bowl. Mix with your fingers until the pork is evenly coated. Add the rest of the marinating ingredients and keep mixing, until all the liquid is absorbed and the meat is evenly coated with cornstarch. Marinate for 15 minutes while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
- 2
Combine the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Stir until the sauce becomes smooth.
- 3
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large nonstick skillet until hot. Add the marinated pork. Use chopsticks to separate the strips so they overlap as little as possible. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the surface of all the pieces of pork has turned white, but the inside is still a bit pink. Transfer the cooked pork to a plate.
- 4
Add remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and green onion. Stir a few times to release the fragrance, 20 to 30 seconds.
- 5
Turn the heat to medium-low. Pour in the sauce mixture carefully. Let simmer for 2 minutes, or until the sauce starts to thicken and turn darker.
- 6
Return the cooked pork to the pan. Immediately stir to mix everything so the pork is coated with the sauce, 1 minute or so. Then transfer everything to a serving platter.
- 7
Option 1: Cut the tofu sheets into 3” (8cm) squares. Place the scallion on top of the pork and lay the tofu sheets on the side of the platter. To eat, add a small amount of pork and a few slivers of scallion onto the tofu sheet. Roll up and enjoy.
- 8
Option 2: Lay a large tofu sheet on a working surface. Add carrot and cucumber onto one side of the sheet, then roll up the sheet to wrap in the vegetables. Use your knife to slice the tofu roll into 1” (2.5 cm) pieces. Make a second roll using the same method. Plate the cooked pork in the center of the plate with scallions on the top. Then place the rolled up vegetables around the pork. Serve hot.
- 9
Option 3: Place the scallions on top of the pork. Serve hot over steamed rice.
- 10
Option 4: Place the scallions on top of the pork. Serve hot with moo shu pancakes. To eat, add some pork and a couple pieces of scallion on the pancake and make a “burrito”.