The Best Way to Make Traditional Small Crispy Meat – Can Be Made into Crispy Meat Noodles or Steamed!
Jin-style Three Steams Second Steam, Shanxi Small Pork Ribs! It is the traditional famous dish of Shanxi among the three steams!
According to ‘Gastronomic Records’ in the Yongle 2nd year, the third son of the Ming Emperor Zhu Di, Zhu Gaosui, was appointed as the Prince of Zhao, and the palace chefs knew that he liked to eat roasted meat, so they selected the best pork and first boiled it before steaming and then frying it, served with green onions and bean sauce, which was highly praised. Because it added purple sorrel spice, it was commonly known as ‘Purple Sorrel Meat’. It was later introduced to the folk and called ‘Fragrant Crispy Meat’ in Jinzhong area, and ‘Small Crispy Meat’ in south Jinan area for banquet meals! The method had slight variations!
Small Crispy Meat is often made with lamb in the Yancheng area for folk banquet meals, while Jin City Cuisine uses fat pork belly first boiled, then steamed and fried, called ‘Purple Sorrel Knife Back’. It is a traditional dish in Shangdu area, and the folk often use five-spiced pork in Yiyang area, first fried then boiled and steamed, called ‘Hubu Meat’, it’s a must-have dish for festive occasions and large banquets! In the Changzhi area, it has been innovated into Crispy Meat with Mustard and Fan Dishes, which has become a local famous dish. In the Taiyuan area, it has been innovated with Wang Family Small Crispy Meat with Sour Cabbage and Fish Lips Dish! In general: Small Crispy Meat has different methods in various parts of Shanxi, with modifications and innovations!
Prepare the ingredients: pork belly or front leg meat, 250g of the loin tip. Salt, green onions, ginger,(liquor), flower pepper powder, thirteen spices, liquor, starch, eggs.
1, Cut the meat into strips about 1cm thick.
2, Mix salt, flower pepper powder, thirteen spices, liquor into the meat, marinate for half an hour. (Those who want to can add soy sauce, oyster sauce.)
3, Then add eggs and starch, mix evenly, marinate for ten minutes!
4, Heat the oil in a pan until 60% hot, then add it to the pan and fry for about two minutes, then take it out. Then boil the oil and fry again for 40 seconds, then take it out. (After taking it out, you can sprinkle chili powder and cumin seeds, eat it, or reserve it for steaming, boiling).
5, Take out the steaming bowl, lay down prepared kelp slices, wood ear mushrooms, put in small crispy meat, add green onion and ginger silk, two star anise, put on the steam and steam for forty minutes!
6, Prepare a block of tofu cut into pieces, 1 bunch of noodles. Put it on the steam, put tofu in, after opening the pot put in small crispy meat and cook for two minutes, add noodles and cook for one minute, then add salt, soy sauce, chicken broth, and a little vinegar, crispy meat tofu noodles soup is done!
7, Another glazing method: Put small crispy meat into steaming bowl, then heat oil in the steam, put star anise, flower pepper powder fragrant, then add water, put in green onion and ginger silk, a little salt, a little sugar, soy sauce, boil and take out, pour into steaming bowl, then put on the steam for about forty minutes! The steaming bowl is done!
8, Prepare the steamed small crispy meat, noodles are cooked, put in the bowl, add small crispy meat and the soup from the steamed meat, add boiled broth, put in garlic sprouts, chives, add seasonings, eat it! It tastes very good!
