Sichuan “Shui Zhu” Pork – Spicy and numbing water poached po

• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

500 g Pork

500 g Vegetables

Marinade:

1 tsp Salt

½ tsp White or black pepper

1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine

1 tbsp Light soy sauce

1 Egg white

2 tsp Potato or corn starch

1 tsp Oil

Soup base:

1 tbsp Chopped ginger

¼ cup Chopped garlic

1 Chopped fresh red thai chilli

2 tbsp Oil, divided

1 tsp each dried Sichuan peppercorns & chilli

¼ tsp Salt

1 ½ tbsp Fermented broad bean chilli paste

½ l Water

1 ½ tbsp Light soy sauce

½ tbsp Dark soy sauce

¼ tsp White pepper

¼ tsp Sugar

1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine

½ tsp Chicken Bouillon powder

Toppings:

¼ cup Chopped garlic

½ tsp Sichuan peppercorn powder

1 tbsp Crushed chilli flakes

1 tsp White sesame seeds

¼ cup Hot oil

Directions

Step 1

Cut pork tenderloin across the grain into thin slices. Then marinate the sliced pork by adding all the marinade ingredients and then messaging it in the seasoning with your hand. Set aside.

Step 2

Chop ginger, garlic, chilli and green onion.

Step 3

Prep and clean vegetables of your choice.

Step 4

Into a wok, add 1 tbsp oil, heat over high heat. Then add in dried whole Sichuan peppercorns and chills and stir fry until fragrant. Toss in the vegetables and stir fry over high heat. Season with salt to taste. Once the vegetables are tender crisp, transfer into a large heat proof bowl.

Step 5

Make soup base in a wok. Over medium high heat, add 1 tbsp oil, followed by 1/4 cup chopped garlic, 1 tbsp chopped ginger and 1 chopped chilli. Stir fry for 1 minute. Then add the fermented broad bean chilli paste, stir fry for another minute or so. Add in water and then rest of the soup base seasonings.

Step 6

Simmer the soup base for a couple of minutes and then add in the marinated sliced pork little by little, spreading it evenly around the wok. Cook gently without stirring until the meat are 80% done. Then gently stir to finish cooking. As soon as the sliced meat are cook through, transfer all meat and soup into the bowl that holds the cooked vegetables.

Step 7

Top the dish with all desired toppings. Then carefully pour hot oil all over to flash fry the toppings. Serve immediately.