Taiwanese Porkchops? EH???

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Ingredients

•  4 bone-in pork chops
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• bit minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• little dash rice wine
• 1/2 tbs Chinese five-spice powder
• vegetable oil
• vegetable oil for frying
• cornstarch
• stored bought pickled cabbage
• ground pork thats been stir fried with a bit of soysauce,garlic , salt and tiny dash of 5spice.

what? really?  its not dessert i swear. Ok so here's the story ,  the hubby never complains about food , but after being on an all japanese diet for a while he 's been reminding me on how he's taiwanese and he needs salty , oily and spicy. lol . He loves taiwanese porkchops that his mom makes for him and eventho he's 25 she treats him like a baby. However when i asked she  would never give me the accurate recipe so i spied on her and voila , its actually pretty simple. The one ingredient i couldnt pinpoint was the  5spice powder  because its not an ingredient i've ever used before.


make several small slits near the edges of the pork chops to keep them from curling when fried.

In a large ziploc bag, add the soy sauce, garlic, sugar,  wine, and five-spice powder. putb in chops, and close the seal tightly. massage the marinade into chops, coating well. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or better overnight.

 heat enough vegetable oil to fill pan to a depth of about 1/2 inch. Remove chops from resealable bag without wiping off marinade. Lightly sprinkle cornstarch on both sides of the chops.

add chops to skillet; cook, turning once, until golden brown on both sides and cooked through.

serve over white rice ( i still used japanese) with stirfried ground pork and pickled cabbage.

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  yongfook says

  2 things - 1) WTF this isn't a dessert, and 2) hubby?!?!

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  telliecoin says

  this loooks yum!! hehehe can't believe u spied on his mom! :P I want some of this!

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  JaiLovesCake says

  lol jon, 1- a man can't live on strawberry gateaux alone i guess. but im not making this porkchop cooking a habit. 2- yup, as of a month now. Tellie! i knew it , you must be jealous of my awesome awesome porkchop skillz. hahaha jk , it was pretty good except for the part where i kept burning them O_o . Come visit and i'll make some for you. In return you have to be my cooking slave for a year LOL.

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  theory says

  This looks the shizzle. (Although I can't make up my mind about serving fried ground pork as a accompaniment to fried pork chops. It's either bizarrely fried pork-centric or it's sheer genius. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt.)

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  JaiLovesCake says

  LOL! hey i didnt make it that way , thats how they do it in taiwan apparently.

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  Mariska says

  my hubby don't like 5spice powder, can we just skip thatingredient, or is it a major thing.

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  JaiLovesCake says

  yeah i dont love it either but 5spice is what makes this taiwanese porkchops im guessing.

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  telliecoin says

  maybe i'll join you in spying on his mom so we can make more things! hahah!

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  rachel says

  can i spy too?? man that looks awesome. and whenever i have vietnamese porkchops i have either minced pork or little strips of fried pork served on the side too! it's sheer genius.

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  dubow says

  yeah that looks taiwanese enough to me! :D mannn i would kill for a taiwanese porkchop bento now. yoo married?! to a taiwanese?! don't blame ya... we are the best. hehe :p

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  Wakofamily says

  LOL.. sounds like a real drama... By the way, I have ate the best pork chop rice in Taiwan! Its at this place near Ximending, called Tung Yi Pai Ku or something.. really wonderful..and your pork chops look similar to it! Am going to try out.... They serve the rice with some stir fry cabbage and its heavenly...

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