Recipe - Stir-Fried Pork With Broccoli

SAUCE:
4 teaspoon Dark soy sauce
2 teaspoon Sugar
2 teaspoon Cornstarch
2 teaspoon Chinese red or whitewine
vinegar
2 teaspoon Rice wine OR dry sherry
2 teaspoon Oriental sesame oil
One fourth teaspoon Salt
PORK and VEGETABLES:
2 One half teaspoon Cornstarch
2 tablespoon Chicken stock OR water
1 pound Boneless pork loin OR
tenderloin
12 ounce Broccoli (1 bunch)
1 lg Red bell pepper
4 Scallions
1 md Garlic clove
1 Piece ginger (about 1 inch
long)
4 tablespoon Vegetable oil
One half cup Cashews (2 oz)

PREPARATION: For The Sauce, mix all of the sauce ingredients in a small
bowl and set aside.

For The Pork And Vegetables, dissolve 1 One half tsp of the cornstarch in the
chicken stock. Set aside. Slice the pork thinly against the grain and rub
with the remaining teaspoon of cornstarch. Cut the broccoli into small
florets and blanch in a large kettle of boiling water until almost tender,
about 3 minutes. Drain well and pat dry. Cut the red pepper into 1/4inch
strips and set aside. Thinly slice the scallions, mince the garlic (1
tsp), and ginger (1 One half tsp); set each aside.

COOKING: In a wok or deep skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil until hot but
not smoking. Stirfry the red peppers and cashews until peppers soften
slightly and cashews start to brown, about 30 seconds; remove and set
aside. Add pork and stirfry until seared on both sides, or about 1
minute; remove and set aside with the peppers. Heat the remaining 2
tablespoons of oil, add the garlic, scallions, and ginger, and stirfry
until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Return the peppers, cashews, and pork to
the wok. Immediately stir in the broccoli, sauce and cornstarch stock
mixture. Toss until sauce coats ingredients and thickens slightly, about
45 seconds. Serve immediately with steamed rice.

[COOKS; Sept 1988] Posted by Fred Peters.

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