
Stir-Fried Pork with Cucumber
Cuisine: Chinese
Lean pork is what defines Stir-Fried Pork with Cucumber, a home meat dish.
Difficulty
3 / 5
★★★☆☆
Estimated Calories
550 kcal
Ingredients
- Cucumber
- Lean pork
- Cooking oil
- Light soy sauce
- Salt
- Garlic
- Bird's eye chili
Steps
- Slice the lean pork, put it in a bowl, add 10 g cooking oil and the light soy sauce, mix well and marinate for 10 minutes
- Cut 5 cm off both ends of the cucumber, then slice the rest diagonally into 0.5 cm thin slices
- Put the cucumber in a bowl, sprinkle with 8 g salt, mix well and let it sit for 5 minutes
- Peel the garlic cloves, crush them and mince; set aside
- Remove the stems from the chilies and cut them evenly into 0.5 cm pieces
- Heat the wok, add 40 g oil and when it starts to smoke, add the minced garlic and chili and stir-fry 5 times
- Add the marinated pork and stir-fry until cooked and no longer pink
- Add the cucumber and 2 g salt, stir-fry evenly over high heat for half a minute, then serve
- If you can't get a really high flame, it may be a little undercooked. Consider increasing to 50 seconds.
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Notes
This is a refreshing, crisp and tender home-style quick dish, savory with garlic aroma and a mild heat. Rich in protein and various vitamins, it helps cool you down and hydrate. It's beginner-friendly as long as you watch the heat; it takes about 25 minutes.
Estimated difficulty: ★★★
Estimated calories: 550 kcal
Calculation:
Before cooking, decide how many servings you plan to make. One serving feeds exactly 1 person.
Total:
- Cucumber = 100 g * servings
- Pork = 50 g * servings
- Oil = 50 g * servings
- Salt = 10 g * servings
- Soy sauce = 5 g * servings
- Garlic = 2 cloves * servings
- Bird's eye chili = 1 * servings