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Yunnan-Style Quick-Cooked Pork With Scallions and Garlic Chives (Xiaochao Rou; 小炒肉)

The Mala Market
Author: Georgia Freedman

Ingredients

  • 12–14 ounces lean pork
  • 2 teaspoons Zhongba light soy sauce (or 1 tablespoon mass-produced light soy sauce)
  • ¼ teaspoon Zhongba dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 5–6 scallions, white and green parts
  • 2 ounces garlic chives (1 small handful)
  • ¾ ounce ginger (about 1 inch)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable or Canola oil
  • 4 dried xiao mi la chilies
  • 1–2 teaspoons red Sichuan pepper (depending on how strong and fresh the peppercorns are)

Instructions

  • Thinly slice the pork and put it in a medium bowl. Add both soy sauces and massage them into the meat, then massage in the cornstarch. Let the meat marinate while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
  • Trim off the root ends of the scallions and the dry or damaged parts of the greens and cut them into 1½”– 2” long pieces. Trim and cut the garlic chives in the same way (you’ll have about 1 cup). Peel the ginger and cut it into thick slices; thinly slice the garlic.
  • Heat the oil in a wok over high until it is very hot, almost smoking. Add the garlic, ginger, dried chilies and Sichuan pepper and give everything a quick stir, then immediately add the pork. Stir-fry the meat quickly, separating the pieces with your wok shovel as you go, until they’re just cooked through, about 2 minutes.
  • Add the scallions to the wok and continue to stir-fry until they are soft and wilted, another 2 minutes. Add the garlic chives and stir-fry until they’re just wilted, about 1 minute. Serve hot with rice.
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