Pork with Garlic Sauce - Authentic Yu Xiang Rou Si

Name: Pork with Garlic Sauce - Authentic Yu Xiang Rou Si
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 8 ounces pork; 2 teaspoons oil; 1 teaspoon Shaoxing wine; 2 teaspoon light soy sauce; ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; 1½ tablespoons water; 1½ tablespoons rice vinegar; 1½ tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; ½ tablespoon Shaoxing wine; 1 cup water; 1½ tablespoons cornstarch; 3 tablespoons oil ((divided)); 1 tablespoon spicy bean sauce; 2 teaspoons ginger ((minced)); 2 teaspoons garlic ((minced)); 1/4 cup dried chili peppers; 1 heaping cup of rehydrated wood ears ((julienned)); 8 ounces celtuce ((stem lettuce, peeled and julienned, may also substitute bamboo shoots or carrots)); 1 scallion (finely chopped)

Instructions

Prep:35minCook:10min

An authentic version of Pork with Garlic Sauce involves just three main ingredients: pork, wood ear mushrooms, and celtuce, the stem part of a lettuce plant

Updated at: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:51:28 GMT