Get out the chopsticks and dive into a bowl of mu shu pork, snake beans and Mandarin-style pancakes.
Ingredients
- 2 x 4cm pieces ginger, peeled
- 60ml (1/4 cup) hoisin sauce, plus extra, to serve
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 60ml (1/4 cup) Shaoxing cooking wine (see note)
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 375g pork fillet, thinly sliced across the grain
- 60ml (1/4 cup) peanut oil
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 6 spring onions, cut into 4cm lengths, shredded
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 8 snake beans, cut into 2cm pieces
- 100g enoki mushrooms, trimmed
- 24 steamed Mandarin pancakes (see note), to serve
Method
- Step 1Finely grate 1 piece ginger and measure 1 tablespoon, then finely shred second piece. Combine sauces, wine and sesame oil in a bowl. Toss pork with 1 1/2 tablespoons sauce mixture and grated ginger. Set aside.
- Step 2Heat a wok over medium–high heat until hot. Add 1 tablespoon oil, swirl to coat wok and stir-fry eggs until firmly scrambled. Remove. Heat 1 tablespoon oil, add shredded ginger and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until golden. Add onions, stir-fry for 30 seconds, then remove. Heat remaining oil, add pork and stir-fry over high heat for 2 minutes or until cooked through. Remove. Add garlic and snake beans, and stir-fry for 2 minutes. Return pork and egg to wok, add sauce mixture and mushrooms, and cook until heated through. Serve pork with pancakes, onion mixture and hoisin sauce.
Notes
Shaoxing is a cheap cooking wine from the Shaoxing region of China, made with fermented glutinous rice and millet. Available from Asian grocers. Also sold as Peking duck pancakes, from the freezer section of Asian grocers. Steam straight from the freezer for 2–3 minutes.
- Author: Sophia Young
- Image credit: Chris Chen
- Publication: Vogue Entertaining + Travel
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