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    Home » Recipes » Pork

    Red-braised Pork Chops

    April 7, 2017 by Elaine 4 Comments | Jump to Recipe

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    Elaine’s well tested recipe to cook red braised pork chops—红烧大排.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Two years ago, I was served with a large bowl of noodles with a red braised pork chop as a breakfast in the city of Shanghai and I was shocked by how tender the meat is.  At that time, I was quite disappointed at the last meal in the previous day with Sichuan dishes as a topic. Most of the Sichuan dishes in Shanghai is over sweet for me but the local dishes are just extremely well balanced for my stomach.

    I have been quite busy those days in my current city so failed to arrange a trip to Shanghai recently. So my solution is to test the food in my kitchen. I have failed at least 2 time before I call my red braised pork chops a perfect one-- with a thin protection layer and the tenderest meat inside.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Ingredients

    • 4 slices pork chops (around 1 cm in thickness)
    • 4 tbsp. starch (cornstarch or sweet potato starch)
    • 1 ½ tbsp. water
    • 2 green onions, cut into 1-inch section
    • 1 green onion, finely chopped
    • 1 small thumb ginger, sliced
    • 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
    • ½ tsp. sugar
    • Oil for frying

    Marinating sauce

    • 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
    • ½ tablespoon rice wine
    • ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
    • a small pinch of salt

    Steps

    1. Pound the pork chops back and forth with a pounder or the back of a knife (Chinese way) then marinate with rice wine, white pepper, salt and light soy sauce for 10 to 15 minutes.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    2.Mix 4 tbsp. of starch with 1 and ½ tbsp. water in a small bowl. Then mix with marinated pork chops. Message to make sure the pork chops are well coated.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    3.Heat oil (the oil depth should be at least 4cm) to 160 degree C (almost smoky) and then fry the pork chop one by one until well browned. I highly recommend using deep-frying instead of pan-frying at this step because the former one can greatly shorten the cooking time and keep the tenderness of the meat. 

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Heat around 1 tbsp. of oil in a pan and fry ginger and green onion over slow fire until aroma.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Then place fried pork chops in, add a small pinch of salt, sugar and light soy sauce. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Pick the pork chops out, discard the ginger and green onion, and keep the sauce to pour over.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Red-braised Pork Chops

    Perfect Red-braised pork chops
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Chinese
    Keyword: Braised, pork
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes
    Servings: 4 servings with steamed rice
    Calories: 68kcal
    Author: Elaine

    Ingredients

    • 4 slices pork chops , around 1 cm in thickness
    • 4 tbsp. starch , cornstarch or sweet potato starch
    • 1.5 tbsp. water
    • 2 green onions , cut into 1-inch section
    • 1 green onion , finely chopped
    • 1 small thumb ginger , sliced
    • 2 tbsp. light soy sauce
    • ½ tsp. sugar
    • oil for frying

    Marinating sauce

    • 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
    • ½ tbsp. rice wine
    • ⅛ tsp. white pepper
    • a small pinch of salt

    Instructions

    • Pound the pork chops back and forth with a pounder or the back of a knife (Chinese way) then marinate with rice wine, white pepper, salt and light soy sauce for 10 to 15 minutes.
    • Mix 4 tbsp. of starch with 1 and ½ tbsp. water in a small bowl. Then mix with marinated pork chops.
    • Heat oil to 160 degree C (almost smoky) and then fry the pork chop one by one until well browned.
    • Heat around 1 tbsp. of oil in a pan and fry ginger and green onion over slow fire until aroma. Then place fried pork chops in, add a small pinch of salt, sugar and light soy sauce. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. Pick the pork chops out, discard the ginger and green onion, and keep the sauce to pour over.
    • Sprinkle chopped green onion and serve directly. Recommend serving with steamed rice.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 68kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Sodium: 628mg | Potassium: 163mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 25IU | Vitamin C: 1.2mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.5mg

    You can serve this with steamed rice or a simple soy sauce noodle.

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

    Red braised Pork Chops | chinasichuanfood.com

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Mashi

      April 10, 2017 at 6:45 pm

      Hello,

      I want to ask is it possible to change rice wine to something else or just omits it? And can I substitute pork chop to chicken? Thank you.

      Reply
      • Elaine

        April 12, 2017 at 9:02 am

        Hi Mashi,
        Yes, chicken breast is great for this recipe too. If you have no access to cooking wine, you can omit it. Happy cooking.

        Reply
    2. Bill Hyman

      July 02, 2017 at 9:33 pm

      how long per side do you fry the meat ?

      Reply
      • Elaine

        July 02, 2017 at 9:41 pm

        Around 3 minutes for the first side and 2 minutes for the second side.

        Reply

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