Monday, June 3, 2019

Pork Chop Braised in Stir-fried Pineapple






Pork chop is usually paired with green salad drizzled with Italian dressing or mashed potato with gravy to make it a well rounded dinner. However, I decided against making it so. Instead, I decided to make my pork chop into a dish with pineapple to be eaten with white rice. The juiciness and tropical flavour - sweet and sour - of the pineapple gives a unique flavour to the pork chop. 


Ingredients:
  • Pork Chop
    • 250 g lean meat
    • Light soy sauce
    • Black pepper powder
    • Hoisin sauce
    • 1 egg
    • Corn flour
    • Cooking oil for deep frying
  • Stir-fried PIneapple
    • 1 small pineapple
    • 2 tbsp cooking oil
    • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
    • 1/2 cup of water
    • Light soy sauce
    • Salt, to taste
    • 1 stalk of green onion, washed and cut into 1/2-inch length

Method:
  • Place the piece of lean meat in a bowl and marinate it with light soy sauce, black pepper powder and Hoisin sauce.
  • Cover the bowl with a cling wrap and place it in the fridge overnight.
  • Take out the bowl from the fridge the following day and let the meat return to room temperature.
  • Heat a pan/wok with cooking oil.
  • Put enough corn flour into a plate.
  • Break and beat the egg onto a shallow dish.
  • Place the meat onto the corn flour and ensure that the meat is coated with the corn flour on both sides.
  • Dip the meat into the beaten egg.
  • Next, place the meat onto the corn flour again and ensure that the meat is coated with the corn flour. Brush off excess corn flour.
  • When the oil is hot, put the meat into the pan/wok and fry it till it is golden brown.
  • Remove the meat from the pan/wok and let it cool down.
  • Cut up the deep-fried meat and set it aside.
  • Remove the skin, eyes and core of the pineapple.
  • Slice it thinly into bite sizes.
  • Heat up 2 tbsp of cooking oil in a wok.
  • Add the garlic into the wok and saute till it is fragrant.
  • Add the pineapple slices into the wok and fry.
  • Add light soy sauce and salt according to taste.
  • Add 1/2 cup of water to the pineapple and let it simmer till the pineapple is slightly soft.
  • Add the cut pork chop and let it braise in the pineapple and sauce for about 10 minutes.
  • Add the spring onion to the pork chop and pineapple and give the ingredients a quick stir.
  • Dish out and serve with white rice.

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