Fried Pork Chops

Ingredients

• 2lb pork chops
• Oil for frying

• Marinade:

  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce (can use light soy sauce)
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1.5 tbsp Shaoxing cooking wine
  • 0.5 tsp white pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch

• Batter:

  • 9 tbsp flour
  • 3 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1.5 tsp baking soda
  • 15 tbsp water (start with 7 tbsp water and add 2 more at a time until desired consistency)
  • 1 tbsp oil (added right before coating pork for cooking)

Steps

1. Squeeze out excess moisture from pork chops and pat dry with paper towels. It will absorb the marinade better and not splatter as much when cooking.
2. Tenderize the pork chops with mallet or back of your knife. If there are tendons/gray skin, give a couple cuts so they don't form a tough chewy strip after cooking.
3. In a container large enough to marinade pork chops, mix the marinade ingredients well.
4. Add tenderized pork to the container to marinade. Massage/squeeze the pork to work the marinade into the meat. Then let it marinade for at least 20 minutes.
5. In a bowl, combine the mix the batter ingredients. Add water 2 tbsp at a time until it reaches the consistency that is runnier than pancake batter.
6. Add 1 tbsp oil to the batter and mix.
7. Add the batter mix to the pork and mix. You may not need all of the batter.
8. Heat frying oil up to 330-350 degrees F.
9. Fry for 2 minutes until light golden brown. Remove from oil and set aside.
10. Heat frying oil up to 370-400 degrees F.
11. Fry for 1 minute until dark golden brown. Remove from oil.
12. Serve. Goes well with Sweet and Sour sauce like from Sweet and Sour Pork.

Source

Original recipe and accompanying YouTube video