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Sweet Soy Sauce Minced Pork Recipe
A quick and affordable meal for many, this dish is a crowd favourite in Hong Kong. Minced pork cooked in a sweet soy sauce slurry, the dish is often served over a bowl of steamed rice and topped with an egg for creaminess, tying all the flavours together in one singular perfect bite. Make this dish at home with our minced pork recipe.
Meal: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Chinese, Hong Kong
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Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients
Marinade:
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 2 tsp of cornstarch
- 1 tbsp of light soy sauce
- ½ tbsp of dark soy sauce
- ¼ tsp of white pepper powder
- 2 tsp of cooking oil
Minced pork:
- 1 tbsp of cornstarch
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1 tbsp of light soy sauce
- ½ tbsp of dark soy sauce
- 100ml of water
- 1 tbsp of cooking oil
- 600g of ground pork
- 5 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 100g of frozen peas, thawed
- 1 tbsp of Shaoxing wine
Equipment
- 2 bowls
- 1 wok, or frying pan
Directions
- In a bowl, mix the sugar, cornstarch, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and white pepper powder.
- Toss in the ground pork and mix with the marinade until well combined.
- Add oil and mix again. Set aside to let it marinate for 15 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine the cornstarch, sugar, light and dark soy sauce, and water.
- Heat the oil in the wok over high heat.
- Add the marinated pork and stir-fry until it is lightly browned.
- Turn the heat down to medium and remove the pork from the wok.
- Add shallots and garlic into the wok and stir-fry until fragrant.
- Increase the heat to high and add the peas in. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.
- Pour in the Shaoxing wine and cook for another minute until the peas are soft.
- Pour in the sauce mixture and stir to mix.
- Reduce the heat to medium-high, add in the pork and cook for another minute.
- Transfer to a bowl and serve!
Recipe tweaks
This minced pork recipe can be altered according to whatever ingredients are available in your home. If you’re out of pork, you can use other alternatives such as ground chicken, turkey, or beef. You can also add on extra vegetables to increase the servings. For instance, broccoli, carrots, bok choy and spinach.