Shredded Pork with Garlic Sprouts

Chinese name: 蒜薹肉丝 (suàn tái ròu sī)  Characteristics: The pork in this dish is smooth and tasty, and the garlic sprouts are fresh and tender.  A seasonable home-style dish, this dish is rich in high quality protein, multiple minerals and vitamin C. Garlic sprouts, flowering stems of garlic, have good effect for invigorating blood circulation, preventing cancer and killing germs.

Ingredients:  lean pork 250 g garlic sprouts 150 g 1 small carrot 1 egg salt pepper powder soy sauce cooking wine green onion shreds ginger shreds cornstarch Note: the amount of the ingredients especially the seasonings listed above can be appropriately used according to one's personal taste.

Preparation:  A. Clean the loin pork. Cut into thick slices that are cut into thin shreds. Put into a dish.  B. Snip the stalks of the garlic sprouts. Cut it into 2-3 cm long sections. Put into a dish after washing.  C. Wash and peel carrot. Cut into thin strips. Put into a dish.

Methods: 

Step 1: Coat the lean pork shreds by adding in salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, egg white and cornstarch. Mix well and let stand for 10-15 minutes.

Step 2: Place a wok over high heat until hot. Add some cooking oil, swirling to coat sides. Add the coated lean pork shreds and stir-fry until the meat turns pale yellow in color. Remove them from the wok through a colander, put into a dish, and set aside.

Step 3: Add more cooking oil into the wok. Add green onion and ginger shreds when the oil is hot. Stir-fry for about 10 seconds until fragrant. Add the carrot strips and garlic sprouts sections and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Add some salt and pepper powder, and stir-fry for 10 seconds more. Add the stir-fried lean pork shreds, and stir them well.

Turn off the heat. Pick all the materials out of the wok, and serve in a fine porcelain plate.

Story about Shredded Pork with Garlic Sprouts 
A popular story from a Chinese magazine Womanfriend has it that there were a couple of lovers in a university. Every time they went out for meal, the boy would order this dish and jasmine tea. Day after day, the girl couldn't bear the boy's invariability and the smell of garlic sprouts finally, and she left the boy when he ordered the same dish again before the graduation. Later, they didn't contact each other for a period of time, but they were still missing each other in their deep heart. 

One day, the boy sent a letter to the girl, in which he told a story – in a small town, a boy went to the market opposite his school to buy food after the class. On crossing the road, he saw a senior peasant throw out a load of garlic sprouts into the air, crouch down, and tears couldn't help flowing from his aged eyes. In that year, many family planted garlic, and had a good harvest thanks to the favorable weather. As a result, the price was rather low. Peasants had no choice but to sell them at a loss after hard work. The peasant was actually the boy's grandpa, and the boy was in fact himself. 

After reading the letter, the girl went to the small restaurant where she often went with the boy when they were in the university. She ordered and savored thsi dish and jasmine tea again. Surprisingly, she found that they were such a perfect match. She then ran to the railway station to look for the boy.

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