BBQ Pork With Tofu and Pea Pods in Hot Bean Sauce
🕒 Cook Time: 5 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 15 minutes
🕒 Total Time: 20 minutes
👨🍳 Description:
This delightful dish originated from my time as a restaurateur, where my chef and I crafted it to perfection. While making your own Chinese BBQ pork is an option, procuring it from Chinatown is often more convenient, sparing your oven from potential mess. The hot bean sauce, a key component, can be easily sourced from cans and maintains its freshness when refrigerated.
🥘 Recipe Category: Pork
🔎 Keywords: Soy/Tofu, Beans, Vegetable, Meat, Chinese, Asian, < 30 Mins
📝 Recipe Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese barbecue pork |
| – | firm tofu |
| 1 | cornstarch |
| – | garlic |
| – | scallions |
| 3 | scallions |
| 1-3 | dark soy sauce |
| 1 | dry sherry |
| 2 | salt |
| 1 | sugar |
| 1-2 | hot bean sauce |
| 1 | sesame oil |
🔢 Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 84.3
- Fat Content: 6g
- Saturated Fat Content: 0.9g
- Cholesterol Content: 0.9mg
- Sodium Content: 215.5mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 5.4g
- Fiber Content: 1.3g
- Sugar Content: 2.2g
- Protein Content: 2.3g
🍽️ Recipe Instructions:
- Have a pot of boiling water handy when starting to cook this recipe.
- Keep a bowl handy lined with a sieve.
- When ready to start cooking, carefully put the tofu into the boiling water.
- Heat wok to smoking; add a tablespoon or two of oil and stir in seasonings.
- (Note: if the wok looks too dry during cooking, just add a little more oil by pouring it directly onto the hot metal).
- As soon as the seasonings start to give off a pungent aroma, add the BBQ pork and stir fry for 2-3 minutes to coat with oil and seasonings and to heat through.
- Add the pea pods and continue stirring until they’re hot.
- Pour the tofu into a colander or sieve and let it drain while you continue the recipe.
- Give the sauce ingredients a good stir and pour into the wok, trying to hit the metal surface rather than the contents.
- When it starts to bubble, thicken it with a little of the binder.
- (The secret is to just draw the sauce together without making it gummy).
- Stir in a few drops of the sesame oil.
- Very carefully stir and toss in the tofu.
- Serve immediately on a heated platter with steamed rice.
This savory concoction of BBQ pork, tofu, and crisp pea pods bathed in a tantalizing hot bean sauce is a symphony of flavors that will leave your taste buds singing. Whether you’re an amateur chef or a seasoned pro, this recipe is sure to become a favorite in your culinary repertoire. So don your apron, fire up the wok, and treat yourself to a taste of authentic Chinese cuisine tonight!
