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Stir-fried Turmeric Pork ~ 黄姜猪肉


This stir-fry dish has no sauce, but tender meat and it's fragrant due to the combination of lemon grass and turmeric.  It's also an appropriate nutritious dish for mothers on confinement too.





Stir-fried Turmeric Pork  ~   黄猪肉
Ingredients
  • 500 gm pork fillet
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp light soya sauce
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp oil
  • 2 red onions
  • 3/4 tsp sugar
  • light soya sauce to taste
  • 1 lemon grass, sliced
  • Birdeye chillies (optional)
Method
  1. Marinate the pork slices with the turmeric powder, salt, sugar, soya sauce.  Mix in the oil.
  2. Heat up a pan and lightly fry the pork fillet.  Push the pork fillet aside, add in the lemon grass and onions.
  3. Sprinkle some sugar and light soya sauce to taste.
  4. Dish up and serve.

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