Soft Pickled Shredded Pork

Soft Pickled Shredded Pork

　　Soft Pickled Shredded Pork

　　　Soft Pickled Shredded Pork is a Sichuan dish with the local characteristics of Fushun County that is “reminiscent of pickled pork yet not quite.” It is known for its numbing, spicy, tender, sweet-aftertaste, and richly aromatic flavor. When savored slowly, it becomes more delicious with every chew, and it remains popular in Daisi Town to this day.

　　The ingredients for Soft Pickled Shredded Pork are: pork, rice flour, monosodium glutamate (MSG), ground pepper, ground Sichuan peppercorn, ginger granules, pickled chili peppers, broad bean paste, salt, cooking wine, and white sugar. The cooking method is as follows: Select half a jin (about 250g) of lean meat (preferably live-frame pork), wash and shred it, then stir-fry it in a wok with ginger granules and a blended oil of pickled chili peppers until cooked. Add two ladles of broth, mix in about three portions of rice flour, stir well, then add ground pepper, ground Sichuan peppercorn, appropriate amounts of bright oil and MSG, and remove from heat. Sprinkle chopped scallions on top before serving.