Mandarin Pork - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 lb boneless pork tenderloin
    1 tablespoon cornstarch
    3 tablespoons water
    1 (8 ounce) can sliced bamboo shoots, rinsed and drained
    1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, rinsed and drained
    8 ounces fresh broccoli, cut into thin spears
    3 1/2 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
    1 1/2 tablespoons oil
    4 cloves garlic, minced
    hot steamed rice
    For the Marinade
    1 tablespoon sake or 1 tablespoon dry sherry
    2 tablespoons soy sauce
    2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
    2 teaspoons minced ginger
    1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
    4 cloves garlic, minced
    1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
    For the Sauce
    1/4 cup light soy sauce
    2 tablespoons spicy brown bean sauce
    2 teaspoons grated orange zest
    1 teaspoon minced ginger
    1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
Preparation
    Combine ingredients for marinade in a shallow dish.
    Slice pork at an angle in thin medallions and add to marinade, tossing to coat; allow meat to marinate for at least 30 minutes at room temperature or several hours refrigerated.
    Mix together sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
    Mix together cornstarch with the 3 tbsp water in a shallow dish and set aside (will be used as a thickener later).
    Heat 1 tbsp of oil in wok on med-high heat and add the 4 cloves of minced garlic.
    Allow garlic to sizzle briefly, then add pork, and stir-fry for approximately 3 minutes.
    Remove pork from wok using a slotted spoon and leave any meat juices in the pan.
    Add broccoli to the wok with the pan juices and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
    Add mushrooms to the wok along with 1/2 tbsp of oil and stir-fry for another minute.
    Place bamboo shoots and water chestnuts in the wok and mix together, stir-frying an additional minute.
    Return pork to wok, stirring all together, then add contents of sauce bowl and mix thoroughly.
    Re-stir thickener in its little dish before adding to wok, then add it to the stir-fry, stirring until the dish is thickened, about 1 more minute.
    Serve with hot steamed rice.

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