20 Minutes Pan Fried Pork Slices with Anaheim Pepper (阿纳海姆辣椒小炒肉)

阿纳海姆辣椒小炒肉 (A Na Hai Mu La Jiao Xiao Chao Rou)

Jalapeno pepper is always my favorite pepper for many stir fried dishes. Its spiciness adds a hot kick to the dish to easily stimulate the appetite. However, jalapeno is usually pretty spicy, most of the times I only use one pepper for one dish.

Anaheim pepper is a mild pepper compared to jalapeno so that a more generous portion can be used. This quick pan fried dish gives the pork slices a crispy texture with the unique aroma from the Anaheim pepper.

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Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. pork slices (pork shoulder butt roast)
• 3/4 lb. Anaheim pepper
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• A few slices of ginger
• 1 green onion (why buy from store? grow your own green onion)

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4

Cooking Steps
1. Prepare about 1/2 lb. pork meat, cut into 2 inch size thin slices.

Tip: For this type of dish, the ideally cut is the one with mixed lean and fat meat, for example, I use quite often the pork shoulder butt roast. The fat from the meat will pan fry the meat slices and gives it a unique fragrance and crispy texture.

2. Get a non sticky pan, use medium heat to warm the pan to let the water evaporate.
3. Place the pork slices onto the pan evenly, no overlaps, cover and pan and pan fry for about 6-7 minutes or until the bottom side of the slices turn golden brown.
4. Use chopsticks to flip the pork slices to pan fry the other side for about 3 minutes or until the bottom side turns golden brown.
5. While the pork slices are being pan fried, prepare 3/4 lb. Anaheim pepper. Cut out the stem, rinse clean and cut the pepper into 2 inch long, half inch wide slices. Discard the seeds.

About 3/4 lb.  Anaheim Pepper

Cut the Anaheim pepper into 2 inch long 1/2 inch wide slices

6. Once the pork slices have both sides pan fried into golden brown, push the slices to one side of the pan, add the Anaheim pepper slices, cover and use medium heat to pan fry the pepper for about 4 minutes. stir a couple of times in between to let both sides of the pepper to cook through.
7. Add 2 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sugar, add a few slices of ginger and 1 coarse chopped green onion, stir fry all ingredients evenly for about 2 minutes.