Shanghai Snack: Fried Pork Chop with Rice Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
– 3 pieces of pork chop (da pai)

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– 6 slices of rice cake (nian gao)

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– 1 bowl of broth (gao tang)

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– 1 egg

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– Flour, as needed

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– Starch, as needed

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– Ginger, as needed

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– Scallion, as needed

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Instructions:

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1. Prepare all the ingredients.
Wash 2 large pork chops and tenderize them by pounding with the back of a knife.

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Season the tenderized pork chops with salt, chicken powder, cooking wine, scallion, and ginger, then mix well and marinate.

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Mix cornstarch and flour in a 1:1 ratio, add eggs, salt, and water to form a batter. Coat the marinated pork chops with the batter.

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Deep-fry the battered pork chops in oil over low heat until set, then remove and let cool. Fry again over high heat until golden.

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Deep-fry rice cakes in oil until cooked.

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Prepare a sauce with broth, dark soy sauce for color, light soy sauce, salt, and sugar. Thicken with a little cornstarch slurry.

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Add the fried pork chops and rice cakes to the sauce, stir well, and serve.

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