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Beijing Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce

Name: Beijing Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 300g Pork (Thin-Sliced); 1 Cucumber; 3 tbsp Miso (as sweet bean sauce sub); 1 tbsp Sugar; 2 tsp Soy Sauce; 1 tbsp Cooking Sake; 2 tsp Potato Starch; 1/2 stalk Green Onion (Long)

Main Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Shredded pork stir-fried in a sweet bean sauce, eaten with julienned cucumber — a Beijing home favorite.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

A Beijing dish sometimes eaten wrapped in a thin pancake with julienned cucumber. The savory-sweet bean sauce clinging to the tender pork strips is the main appeal.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Served over rice, or wrapped in a thin pancake with cucumber.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Pork (Thin-Sliced) 300g
Cucumber 1
Miso (as sweet bean sauce sub) 3 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Soy Sauce 2 tsp
Cooking Sake 1 tbsp
Potato Starch 2 tsp
Green Onion (Long) 1/2 stalk

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Slice the pork into thin strips and rub with 1 tsp cooking sake and 1 tsp potato starch.
Julienne the cucumber and green onion and arrange on a serving plate.
Mix the miso, sugar, soy sauce, and remaining cooking sake to make the sauce.
Heat oil in a pan and stir-fry the pork until it changes color; remove.
Add the sauce to the same pan and bring to a simmer; once thickened, return the pork and toss to coat well.
Serve over the bed of cucumber and green onion.

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