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STIR-FRIED PORK AND STRING BEANS
(Japanese)

INGREDIENTS (4 servings):
200 g pork (leg portion), 1 tablespoon starch, 100 g string beans, 6 dried large, flat Japanese mushrooms ("hoshi-shiitake"), 5 g ginger ("tsuchi-shoga"), 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 3 tablespoons salad oil
(A): 1 1/3 tablespoon soy sauce ("shoyu"), 2/3 tablespoon "sake" (Japanese rice wine), pepper
(B): 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/3 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon "sake"
HOW TO COOK:
- Cut pork into 3 cm strips and toss with seasoning (A) in bowl. Add starch.
- Boil string beans and drain. Cut into 3 cm pieces.
- Soak dried large, flat Japanese mushrooms in warm water until soft. Squeeze out excess water and slice thickly.
- Finely chop ginger.
- Heat half of salad oil in wok. Stir in (1) until no longer pink, and remove.
- Heat remaining salad oil in wok. Stir in (4) until aromatic. Add (3), (5) and (2) in given order.
- Quickly stir in seasoning (B). Stir in sesame oil.
Nutritional value
calories: 210 kcal, protein: 12.7 g, fat: 14.9 g, carbohydrate: 6.2 g, fiber: 0.5 g, calcium: 20 mg, iron: 1.2 mg, sodium: 548 mg, potassium: 294 mg, vitamin A: 68 IU, vitamin B1: 0.65 mg, vitamin B2: 0.23 mg, vitamin C: 3 mg, salt: 1.4 g
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