Taiwanese Style Pork Jerky (豬肉乾)

Name: How to cook Taiwanese Style Pork Jerky (豬肉乾) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Julie - Mrs. Lin's Kitchen

Taiwanese Style Pork Jerky (豬肉乾)

Unlike the jerky in the US, the Taiwanese pork jerky are moist and softer but less chewy. They are super easy to make and it's very delicious as a snack. You can chose pork loin for a firmer texture (lean meat), pork belly for a softer texture (fattier meat), or pork shank for a chewier texture (ligament in the meat makes it chewy) but my preference is pork butt because it has the right amount of fat. However, you can choose whatever the pork portion to make this jerky.

Ingredient

Cooking time :

25 minutes

1 lb

ground pork

1 teaspoon

salt

1 teaspoon

soy sauce

2 teaspoon

ShaoHsing wine

1 teaspoon

fish sauce

1 teaspoon

oyster sauce

7 teaspoon

sugar

5 tablespoon

honey

1 teaspoon

red yeast rice powder (optional)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Cut the pork into smaller pieces and add into the food processor. You will want to process it until it looks like ground pork. You can use also use meat grinder if you have one.

* Step 2

Transfer the processed meat into a clean bowl and add the following ingredients. 7 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, 2 teaspoon of shaohsing wine, 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, and finally 1 teaspoon of red yeast rice powder for the color, but this ingredient is optional.

* Step 3

Mix the ingredients together until the pork mixture becomes sticky which takes about 5 minutes.

* Step 4

Add a piece of aluminum foil on a baking pan and pour the pork mixture on top. Add a piece of serán wrap on top, roll the pork mixture flat until it becomes 1/4 inch thick, and remove the serán wrap.

* Step 5

Preheat oven to 300°F and bake for 15 minutes.

* Step 6

When 15 minutes are up, take out and increase heat to 400°F. After baking, the meat may become sweaty. Change the aluminum foil as needed. Cut the meat into smaller pieces then spread a thin layer of honey on top of the jerky, and bake for another 5 minutes.

* Step 7

After 5 minutes, take out and flip the jerky. Change aluminum foil if the jerky is still sweaty. Spread another layer of honey on top of the jerky and bake for another 5 minutes.