Tiger Pork
Ingredients
- 2-3 pounds lean pork (tenderloin or butt)
- 2 eggs
- 1-1/2 cups cornstarch, divided
- 8 cup soybean salad oil, divided
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp ground ginger root
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp hot chili pepper oil
- 3 tbsp cooking wine
- 3 tbsp chopped green onion
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Garnish: peapods or lettuce
Instructions
Remove fat from pork, then cut into thin slices. Mix together eggs, 1 cup cornstarch and 1 cup soybean salad oil in bowl. Add pork, marinate until cooking time. Sauce: Mix soy sauce, ginger root, hoisin sauce, garlic powder, hot chili pepper oil, cooking wine, green onion, chicken stock, and 1/2 cup cornstarch in a bowl. Heat wok; and add remaining soybean salad oil (make sure oil is very hot before you add pork). Deep-fry pork until crispy, then drain oil from wok. Pour sauce into wok with pork; stir-fry until sauce evenly coats pork. Garnish with peapods or lettuce. Makes 5 to 6 servings.