Fried vinegar meat is a unique Minnan snack in Quanzhou. As the name implies, vinegar meat is the main seasoning. Of course, vinegar is indispensable. It has a golden appearance. It tastes crisp outside and tender inside. It has a light smell of vinegar. It can be used as a snack to satisfy your appetite. It is also an ingredient of noodles, paste and other delicacies. You can see it in Quanzhou, whether it's a five-star hotel, a noodle shop on the street, or on the dining table of ordinary citizens.
Step1:Plum meat is the upper shoulder of a pig, also known as scapula. It is the meat growing on the scapula of a pig, mainly lean meat, accounting for about 90%. There are several thin fat shreds mixed between lean meat, and the fat shreds crisscross, so it is called plum meat. This part of meat is fat and thin, and the proportion of fat meat is particularly suitable. No matter what cooking method is used, it has the characteristics of smooth and tender taste and delicious meat quality. This part of meat is used for the authentic Quanzhou fried vinegar meat. The spoon for seasoning is the amount used in the kitchen, 1 tablespoon is equal to 15ml1, 5ml, et
Step2:Wash and slice pork
Step3:Add in the soy sauce, vinegar, cooking wine, salt, sugar, pepper, five spice powder and egg liquid, mix well, then cut some ginger and garlic slices and put them in to marinate together
Step4:Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in refrigerator for more than two hours. The longer the marinate, the better the taste
Step5:Take out the marinated meat slices from the refrigerator, pick out the ginger and garlic slices, and then pour in the sweet potato flour (my local name is sweet potato flour)
Step6:Stir meat slices and sweet potato powder evenly
Step7:Put more oil into the pot and heat it. Put in the meat slices and start frying. Don't put too much oil into the pot at one time. I'll fry it twice
Step8:When the meat is golden, you can take it out. Don't fry too long, or it will be dry.
Cooking tips:In fact, the method of fried vinegar meat is similar to fried crispy meat. However, because of the vinegar, fried vinegar meat has a light vinegar smell, and the taste will be richer. And the starch used must also be made by hand, with a little coarse-grained sweet potato powder, which is locally called sweet potato powder. As for the vinegar used, it can be white vinegar or aged vinegar. The most commonly used vinegar in our area is the local Yongchun old vinegar. As for the dosage, each family has its own taste. If you like vinegar, you can add more. If you don't like it, you can add less. But you can't do without it, otherwise it's not vinegar. There are skills in making delicious dishes.