Garlic Scape Stir Fry with Pork (蒜苔炒肉丝)
Garlic scape stir fry with pork is a Chinese homestyle dish that helps you incorporate garlic scapes into your weekday dinner. The crisp garlic scapes are cooked with tender pork in a brown sauce that’s just enough to coat the ingredients. It’s fragrant, rich, and comforting, making it a hearty main dish over steamed rice. {Gluten-Free Adaptable}To make the dish gluten-free, use dry sherry instead of Shaoxing wine, and use tamari to replace light and dark soy sauce. Your dish will have a much lighter color if using tamari, since dark soy sauce is the one that adds the dark brown color.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 6 oz (170 g) pork loin (, sliced to 1” (2.5 cm) long 1/4” (5 mm) matchsticks (or tenderloin))
- 1/2 tablespoon Shaoxing wine ((or dry sherry))
- 1 teaspoon light soy sauce ((or soy sauce))
- 1 teaspoon peanut oil ((or vegetable oil))
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce ((or soy sauce))
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce ((or regular soy sauce) (*footnote 1))
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt ((*footnote 2))
- 1 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil ((or vegetable oil))
- 1 thumb ginger (, minced)
- 12 oz (340 g) garlic scapes (, sliced into 1” (2.5 cm) pieces (yields 2 1/2 cups once cut))
Instructions
- 1
Combine the pork, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce and peanut oil in a small bowl. Mix well. Add the cornstarch and mix with your fingers to coat the pork evenly.
- 2
Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
- 3
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Spread the pork with as little overlap as possible. Let cook for 1 minute, until the bottom is lightly browned. Flip and stir a few times, until the pork is just cooked through. Transfer to a plate.
- 4
Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil and the ginger. Stir a few times to release fragrance.
- 5
Add the garlic scapes. Cook and stir for 2 minutes for Asian garlic scapes, until the garlic scapes start to soften. Cook for a longer time for American garlic scapes (*footnote 3). Taste a piece of garlic scape. It should be starting to turn tender and easy to bite into.
- 6
Pour the sauce over the garlic scapes. Stir and cook until the garlic scapes have turned tender but are still a bit crisp, or to the degree you prefer, 1 minute or so. Return the pork to the pan and stir a few times to mix everything well, then immediately transfer to a large serving plate. Serve hot as a main dish over steamed rice.