How to make Shandong pepper fried pork

The essence of traveling thousands of miles is to try the delicacies from all over the world. When you come to Yamamoto, you must eat Shandong pepper fried pork

of. Shandong fried pork with pepper is an authentic home-cooked dish from the southern part of Shandong Province. The ingredients are free-range pork, chili peppers, green onions and garlic. The main cooking technique is stir-frying, and the taste is spicy, salty and fresh. Shandong fried pork with pepper has a great taste and can be cooked according to the needs of the eater. So how to make Shandong fried pork with pepper the most delicious?

Introduction

The dish is based on free-range black pigs from the Yimeng Mountain area, and is stir-fried with carefully selected pork belly with skin from under the ribs, Thai red rice peppers, Zhangqiu green onions, Cangshan garlic known as the "Shanghai vegetable basket", and pure peanut oil from Junan County, the hometown of peanuts in China. The finished product is bright red in color, spicy, salty and fresh, fat but not greasy. It is served with Yimeng Mountain specialty pancakes to highlight the local food culture. It is a classic representative of Shandong cuisine, and has set off a trend of home-cooked dishes of fried pork with peppers in the province. It is a typical local specialty that must be eaten when doing business or traveling to Yimeng Mountain.

Main ingredients: free-range pork belly with skin, Thai chili pepper, Zhangqiu green onion, Cangshan garlic, Weiyi Zhai soy sauce

Dishes

Shandong Fried Pork with Chili Peppers[2] originated from the folk of Shandong Province and is a famous snack in Shandong Province.

Later, it was improved and innovated by Mr. Yang Junsheng, a master of Shandong cuisine, to form today's home-cooked dishes with strong local characteristics. The finished dish tastes spicy, salty and fresh, fat but not greasy, and is a feast to the taste buds.

When eating Shandong fried pork with pepper, it is a must to have the Yimeng Mountain specialty pancake. Firstly, it reduces the spiciness so that more friends who don’t like spicy food can accept it. Secondly, the Yimeng Mountain pancake becomes softer and more delicious after absorbing the soup of the dish. One bite makes your mouth full of spicy flavor, two bites make your forehead sweat, and after finishing a whole plate, you will be sweating profusely, it is extremely satisfying. It is indeed a rare delicacy for those who can eat chili peppers.

Preparation method

Raw materials

Main ingredients: 750 grams of pork belly with skin [30% fat and 70% lean], 150 grams of Thai rice pepper, 100 grams of Cangshan garlic, and 200 grams of Zhangqiu green onion.

Seasoning: 50g Junan pure peanut oil, 50g Weiyi Zhai soy sauce, 30g fresh ginger, 3g salt, 5g pepper, 10g spices

Preparation method

(1) Slice the pork belly with skin, dice Thai rice pepper, dice Cangshan garlic, and dice Zhangqiu green onion.

(2) Place a wok on high heat, pour in peanut oil and heat until 70% hot, fry the peppercorns until fragrant, then add the pork belly with skin and stir-fry until cooked.

(3) Add Cangshan garlic and fresh ginger to the pan and sauté, then add soy sauce for seasoning. Add 150 grams of water and bring to a boil. Then simmer over low heat for five minutes and add diced chili peppers, diced green onions, and spices. Turn to high heat and stir-fry until the sauce is absorbed, then serve.

Nutritional Value

pork

It is rich in high-quality protein and essential fatty acids, and provides hemoglobin and cysteine ​​which promotes iron absorption. It can improve iron deficiency anemia and has the effects of nourishing the kidney and blood, nourishing yin and moistening dryness. However, pork contains a high amount of cholesterol, so obese people or those with high blood lipids should not eat too much. [3]

chili

The content of vitamin C and vitamin E ranks first among vegetables. The spiciness of chili peppers can not only relieve heat and pain, but also promote the secretion of adrenaline and improve metabolism. Therefore, it is also used as a weight loss product. Capsaicin also has the effect of lowering platelets. It has also become a popular ingredient in health foods for maintaining cardiovascular health. The gallbladder is too irritating, so people with chest tightness, chest pain, and gastrointestinal ulcers are advised to avoid eating it.

Green onions

It is rich in vitamin C and carotene, which can enhance the body's digestive function, promote blood circulation, kill bacteria in the body, etc.

garlic

Garlic is rich in vitamins, amino acids, proteins, allicin and carbohydrates, and has high medicinal and nutritional value. Garlic is used in traditional Chinese medicine to dispel cold and dampness, kill insects and detoxify. It is warm in nature and spicy in taste, and is mainly used to treat colds, nasal congestion, severe cough due to lung deficiency, whooping cough, and diarrhea.

Peanut Oil

It contains more than 80% unsaturated fatty acids and 19.9% ​​saturated fatty acids such as palmitic acid and stearic acid. The fatty acid composition of peanut oil is the best among vegetable oils and is very beneficial for human digestion and absorption.

Health Tips

Health Tips: Eating too much chili pepper can easily damage the throat and gastric mucosa, causing congestion and edema.