Shanghai Style Pork Chops - cooking recipe

Ingredients

batter
1/2 cup flour
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons water
4 center-cut pork chops, 1/2 inch thick
Sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
3 tablespoons brown sugar
3 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons sherry wine
1 tablespoon rice vinegar (or cider vinegar)
4 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons flour
crushed red pepper flakes, to taste (optional)
oil, for frying

Preparation

Mix the water, egg, flour and salt into a batter.
Dip chops into batter and coat completely. Remove from batter and set aside.
Mix all sauce ingredients.
Pour oil into skillet. (I used about 4 T; the original recipe says \"enough to cover chops\" - I just didn't want to use that much).
Put chops in hot oil, reduce flame and brown about 4 minutes, then turn over and brown on other side. Take chops out and drain.
Over low flame, heat sauce in a large skillet, stirring about 2 minutes till thickened.
Add chops and simmer about 5 minutes (till chops are cooked through.
Good served with rice or noodles.