Thursday, June 19, 2008

Pork Stir-fry

Made this one up, using food from the market, a yakitori sauce I love, and the pork tenderloin in the freezer.

Sauce: Yakitori (a Japanese sauce, mainly used for street vendor snack food- chicken and scallions on kebabs, grilled with this sauce)
You can make a larger batch depending on the size of your stir-fry- I doubled, but I had lots of stuff in there.
1/4 c soy sauce
1/4 c sherry (or sake if you have it- I don't)
garlic- minced, 1 or 2- I didn't use it in this recipe, because of the garlic scapes below. But, if you have no garlic scapes, add the garlic to this sauce.
ginger- a use jar ginger, pre mashed- a teaspoon or so
red pepper flakes- adjust the heat as you like it

Put all ingredients in a pan- bring to a boil, boil for a few minutes, and it is done. You can reduce it until it is thick, if you are using it for the kebabs, but for this dish, I let it stay thin.

Pork Stir-Fry

Ingredients:
Pork tenderloin (or just pork)- sliced thinly
Corn starch
Yakitori sauce
Oil- whatever type you like best for stir-fry- not olive oil
Onions- I like bigger chunks, but chopped is fine
Carrots- slices, about 3
Celery sliced, about 2
Garlic scapes- about 3, sliced like you would scallions
Green beans- cut in half and blanched
Rice- if you like; we used brown basmati

After you cut up the pork, coat it with some corn starch, as you would with flour. This will make the pork brown better, as well as thicken the sauce later.
Heat up the oil- add the pork, and cooked until nicely browned. During cooking, add a scoop of the Yakitori sauce, just to add some flavor to the pork. When it is browned enough (not necessarily cooked through), remove the pork to a plate.
Reheat pan- add more oil if needed. Add onion, carrot, and celery- fry up a few minutes. I like the crispy and brown, so I do this over high heat. When they get a little cooked, add the garlic scapes. Spoon in a bit of the Yakitori sauce. Cook a few more minutes, then add the pork back in, mix it up, and then, add the green beans. Mix it up; finally, add the rest of the Yakitori sauce- cook for a few minutes, while it thickens.
Voila! Done- enjoy with the rice, or alone.

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