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Hunan Peppered Pork

Name: Hunan Peppered Pork
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 31 min
Total time: 49 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons vegetable oil , or more as needed, divided; 2 cloves garlic , crushed; 1 ounce fresh ginger , minced; 1 pound pork tenderloin , sliced into thin strips, or to taste; 3 hots long green chile peppers , sliced into thin strips, or more to taste; salt to taste; 2 teaspoons soy sauce , or to taste

Total Time

49 min

18m prep · 31m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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Difficulty

Medium

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An authentic, mouth-burning but delicious Hunan recipe served by my grandmother, who was born and grew up in the heart of Hunan province.

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons vegetable oil , or more as needed, divided
2 cloves garlic , crushed
1 ounce fresh ginger , minced
1 pound pork tenderloin , sliced into thin strips, or to taste
3 hots long green chile peppers , sliced into thin strips, or more to taste
salt to taste
2 teaspoons soy sauce , or to taste

Instructions

1

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat until smoking; saute garlic and ginger until fragrant, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add pork to wok; cook and stir until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer pork to a plate.
2

Pour remaining 2 tablespoons oil into the same wok over medium-high heat; saute chile peppers until well-coated with oil and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add pork to chile peppers and generously season with salt. Cook and stir mixture until peppers are tender, 5 to 7 minutes more. Mix enough soy sauce into pork mixture to add color and taste for desired saltiness.