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Green pepper shredded pork

Green Pepper Shredded Pork

Green pepper shredded pork is one of China's most classic home-style dishes, deeply loved for its simple preparation, refreshing taste and bright colors. This dish combines tender shredded pork with crisp green peppers, balancing meat and vegetables for a nutritious meal that's a common delicious dish on the dining table. Whether served with rice or noodles, it's an excellent choice.

1Ingredients needed

Main ingredients

  • Pork250g
  • Green peppers3
  • Red pepper1
  • Carrothalf

Seasonings

  • Light soy sauce2 spoons
  • Cooking wine1 spoon
  • Starch1 spoon
  • Saltto taste
  • Sugarhalf spoon
  • Cooking oilappropriate amount
  • Garlic2 cloves

2Production steps

1

Prepare ingredients

Cut pork into thin shreds, add light soy sauce, cooking wine, and starch, mix well and marinate for 15 minutes. Seed and cut green peppers and red pepper into shreds, cut carrot into shreds, slice garlic.

2

Stir-fry pork shreds

Heat oil in wok, when oil is moderately hot (about 160°C), add pork shreds and stir-fry until they change color, then remove and set aside. Be careful not to overcook to keep the pork tender.

3

Sauté garlic slices

Leave a little oil in the wok, add garlic slices and sauté until fragrant.

4

Stir-fry green peppers

First add carrot shreds and stir-fry for 30 seconds, then add green pepper and red pepper shreds, quickly stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute to maintain the crisp texture of the vegetables.

5

Season and mix well

Return the cooked pork shreds to the wok, add salt and sugar for seasoning, quickly stir-fry evenly to coat all ingredients with the seasonings.

6

Serve on plate

When evenly mixed, remove from heat and serve on a plate. Maintaining the crispness of green peppers and tenderness of pork shreds is the key to success for this dish.

💡Making Tips

  • •Cut the pork along the grain, this makes the pork shreds more tender when stir-fried.
  • •Adding starch when marinating pork helps lock in moisture, making the texture more tender.
  • •Don't overcook the green peppers to maintain their crisp texture and bright color.
  • •Quick stir-frying over high heat is key, work quickly to avoid water release.