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    Home » Recipes » Pork

    Pork and Mushroom Stir Fry

    August 29, 2018 by Elaine 51 Comments | Jump to Recipe

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    Easy and homestyle pork and shiitake mushroom stir fry (香菇炒肉片).

    This is one of the easy meat series. In Chinese cuisine, we love to stir fry all types of meat (pork, beef, chicken) with seasonal vegetables. You can find we have fresh peppers, wood ear mushrooms, onion, snow peas. This mushroom pork stir frying is also a national dish loved by many children. Although no extra spices and herbs are added, the dish is rich in flavor. The tender an juice meat with a faint aroma of shiitake mushroom is so appealing. If you are a mushroom lover, do not miss it.

    Although it is quite simple, I highly recommend you reading the whole post and pay attention to the parts with colors. All the tips has been highlighted with different colors.

    pork and mushroom stir fry

    Ingredients you will need

    • 200g pork butt or tenderloin, thinly sliced
    • ¼ tsp. salt
    • ½ tbsp. cooking wine
    • ½ tbsp. oyster sauce
    • 4 tbsp. water or chicken stock
    • ¼ tsp. white pepper
    • 3 tsp. cornstarch
    • 2 tsp. sesame oil
    • cooking oil as needed
    • 10 fresh shiitake mushrooms, remove the roots and sliced
    • ½ tbsp. oyster sauce
    • ½ tbsp. light soy sauce
    • 4 scallions, cut into small sections white part and green part separated
    • 1 garlic cloves, sliced
    • ½ thumb ginger, skin removed and sliced

    Instructions

    1. Thinly slice the pork. Add salt, cooking wine, oyster sauce and water (or chicken stock) and white pepper. Grasp the pork slice for 2-3 minutes until all the juice is well absorbed. Then add cornstarch in. Set aside for 10 minutes. Add sesame oil just before frying.

    pork and mushroom stir fry

    Cooks Note about marinating 

    The most difficult part for meat stir frying is to marinating process. If the marinating is not well done, you will end up with dry, chewy and plaint pork slices after stir frying. To make the pork tender, we have two important steps.

    1. Add enough liquid to make the pork slices juicy themselves. So grasping is the key step. We need to make sure  the liquid completely absorbed.
    2. Use cornstarch to form a protecting shell to prevent pork slices from loosing the liquid. And adding a small batch of cold oil can help them from sticky to the bottom of the wok.

    2.Heat your wok or pan firstly. Add cooking oil to form a 2-3 cm high layer (do not be scared by the oil amount, we do not eat them all). Spread the pork sliced in when the oil begins to warm but not hot. Let them stay for around 5-8 seconds and then quickly fry them until turns pale. Transfer out immediately.mushroom and pork stir fry

    It is 100% ok to find there are some faint pink color inside the slices based on the following two reasons. Firstly the heat of the pork slices will continue cooking them (后热效应) and secondly they will be recooked in wok later. So do not overcook your pork slices. Transfer out as long as they turns pale.pork and mushroom stir fry

    3.Remove the extra oil and save them for vegetable stir fries. Keep around 1 tablespoon of oil and fry garlic, ginger and scallion until aromatic. Place shiitake mushroom in, add oyster sauce and light soy sauce. Fry for around 30 seconds until the shiitake mushrooms are just cooked.

    mushroom and pork stir fry

    4.Return scallion sections and pork slices in. Mix well and serve hot!

    mushroom and pork stir fry

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    pork and mushroom stir fry

    Pork and Mushroom Stir Fry

    Tender pork and mushroom stir fry
    5 from 14 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Chinese
    Keyword: mushroom, pork, stir-frying
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 3
    Calories: 238kcal
    Author: Elaine

    Ingredients

    • 200 g pork butt or tenderloin , thinly sliced
    • ¼ tsp. salt , optional (you can skip this for a less salted dish)
    • ½ tbsp. cooking wine
    • ½ tbsp. oyster sauce
    • 4 tbsp. water or chicken stock
    • ¼ tsp. white pepper
    • 3 tsp. cornstarch
    • 2 tsp. sesame oil
    • cooking oil as needed
    • 10 fresh shiitake mushrooms ,remove the roots and sliced
    • ½ tbsp. oyster sauce
    • ½ tbsp. light soy sauce
    • 4 scallions ,cut into small sections white part and green part separated
    • 1 garlic cloves ,sliced
    • ½ thumb ginger ,skin removed and sliced

    Instructions

    • Thinly slice the pork. Add salt (or skip salt if you want a less salted dish), cooking wine, oyster sauce and water (or chicken stock) and white pepper. Grasp the pork slice for 2-3 minutes until all the juice is well absorbed, then add cornstarch. Set aside for 10 minutes. Mix in sesame oil just before frying. 
    • Heat your wok or pan firstly. Add cooking oil to form a 2-3 cm high layer (do not be scared by the oil amount, we do not eat them all). Spread the pork sliced in when the oil begins to warm but not hot. Let them stay for around 5-8 seconds and then quickly fry them until turns pale. Transfer out immediately.
    • Remove the extra oil and save them for vegetable stir fries. Keep around 1 tablespoon of oil and fry garlic, ginger and scallion until aromatic. Place shiitake mushroom in, add oyster sauce and light soy sauce. Fry for around 30 seconds until the shiitake mushrooms are just cooked. 
    • Return scallion sections and pork slices in. Mix well and serve hot!

    Notes

    You can use either pork tenderloin or pork butt for this recipe. For a better texture, I recommend pork butt which is the best part for stir-frying in my mind. If you prefer a better shape of the dish, pork tenderloin is a better choice. 

    Nutrition

    Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 474mg | Potassium: 448mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 160IU | Vitamin C: 3.3mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1.1mg

     

     

     

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    Comments

    1. Jade

      May 01, 2022 at 5:49 am

      5 stars
      This is excellent, I will definitely make it again. Thankyou!

      Reply
      • Elaine

        May 05, 2022 at 7:52 am

        Thank you for your lovely feedback. Jade!

        Reply
    2. HP K

      June 17, 2022 at 9:37 pm

      5 stars
      The pork mushroom stir fry turned out to be a family favorite. I recommend to cut the veggies julienne style for even more sophisticated results.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        June 22, 2022 at 9:36 am

        Haha, lovely idea dear.

        Reply
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