Tangsuyuk

About the dish

Tangsuyuk pairs crisp-fried meat with a tangy-sweet sauce, a Chinese-Korean classic that shares top billing with jjajangmyeon at every Chinese restaurant. It even fuels one of Korea's most good-natured food debates: pour the sauce over, or dip?

Key ingredient

Pork — with about ten times the vitamin B1 of beef, it fights fatigue and fuels energy metabolism; quality protein and methionine support the liver, while unsaturated fats help help maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Good year-round, mainly from Jeju & the Jirisan area.

Ingredients

Main: pork, starch, egg, carrot, onion, cucumber, wood ear mushrooms, pineapple · Seasoning: vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, starch slurry

Simple recipe

1. Cut the pork into batons and season lightly.
2. Coat in starch batter and fry twice until crisp.
3. Prepare the carrot, onion and wood ear mushrooms.
4. Simmer the vegetables in a soy-vinegar-sugar sauce and thicken with starch slurry.
5. Pour the sauce over the fried pork and serve.

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