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Korean Pork Stir-Fry

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Ingredients
  

  • ½ pound pork I like pork loin, thinly sliced - beef and chicken work great, too!
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground red pepper
  • 2 tablespoons gochujang Korean red-pepper paste
  • 2 tablespoons soju rice liquor, sake or plain vodka
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 – 3 scallions tops & bottoms, roughly sliced
  • 2 cloves fresh garlic minced
  • 2 ” piece ginger peeled, half minced and half cut into match sticks
  • 1 small white onion (about ½ cup’s worth), finely diced
  • 4 ounces shitake mushrooms sliced
  • 1 small red bell pepper sliced into 2” – 3”- long match sticks
  • 4 ounces whole sugar snap peas/beans or snow peas
  • 1 – 2 fresh chilies sliced into 2” – 3”- long match sticks
  • Toasted sesame seeds for garnishing
  • Asian sesame oil for frying the meat

Instructions
 

  • Mix the sugar, red pepper, gochujang, soju, soy sauce, scallions, garlic, minced ginger and diced onion into a marinade paste.
  • Place the pork in a suitably sized container and coat it thoroughly with the marinade. Cover with cling-film and let sit for 30 minutes.
  • Heat up an oiled wok until it starts smoking a bit. Add in the meat and all its marinade. Fry, stirring constantly, until caramelized.
  • Add in the mushrooms, bell pepper, sugar snaps or snow peas, ginger match sticks chilies.
  • Lightly sprinkle toasted sesame seeds over each serving.
  • Serve with boiled rice and a little spicy, fermented cabbage kimchi on the side.