Ground Pork Stir Fry
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5.0
9 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
4 servings
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Calories
433 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Chinese
Ground Pork Stir Fry
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Classic Taiwanese "flies' heads" stir fry, done with ground pork or something similar. This is a pretty standard recipe that has little variation from cook to cook; mine is based on a rendition in the excellent book Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees by Kian Lam Kho.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons peanut or other cooking oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 to 3 cups garlic chives, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 3 tablespoon fermented black beans (see headnotes above)
- 1/2 cup red chiles, sliced into small rings (see headnotes above)
- 3 tablespoons Shaoxing wine or sake
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Sprinkle the soy sauce and white pepper over the ground meat and mix it in well with your (very clean) hands. Set it aside as you cut the other vegetables.
- In a wok or large pan, heat the oil over very high heat until it just barely begins to smoke. Add the ground pork and stir fry until it's no longer pink. Remove the pork from the wok.
- If there is no oil left in the wok, add a tablespoon. When it's hot, stir fry the garlic for a few seconds, then the remaining ingredients, including the pork. Stir fry until the chives are a bit wilted and bright green, about 2 minutes. Serve at once with steamed rice.
Notes
- I use ground wild pork here, but obviously store-bought ground pork works, too. And really? Any ground meat will be fine.
- Ideally you can get the fermented black beans, which are the "flies' heads" in this dish. But if not, regular black bean paste you see in many supermarkets will do.
- I grow the little red chiles, which are basically serranos, but red ones can be tough to find. Green serranos are fine, and for added heat use Thai chiles.
- Garlic chives are easy to get in Asian markets, but use regular green onions if you don't have one near you.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
433kcal
(22%)
Carbohydrates
8g
(3%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
33g
(51%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Cholesterol
82mg
(27%)
Sodium
769mg
(32%)
Potassium
576mg
(16%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
2787IU
(56%)
Vitamin C
69mg
(77%)
Calcium
74mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 433 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 433kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 82mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 769mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 576mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2787IU | 56% |
| Vitamin C | 69mg | 77% |
| Calcium | 74mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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