Yan Jian Rou (Chili Pork)

1 lb Lean pork

1 tb Light soy sauce

2 tb Rice wine or dry sherry

1 pn Salt

2 ts Sesame oil

3 tb Peanut oil

8 oz Fresh mild chiles

3 tb Finely chopped garlic

1 ts Red chili powder

-=OR=- Cayenne pepper 1 ts Sichuan peppercorns, roasted

- and crushed 3 tb Water

1 tb Light soy sauce

2 ts Sugar

CUT THE PORK into 3-inch thin slices and combine with the soy
sauce, 1 tablespoon rice wine, salt and sesame oil.
Cut the chiles
in half lengthwise and seed them.
Heat a wok or large saute pan
until it is hot.
Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of peanut oil and the pork,
and stir-fry for 1 minute.
Remove the pork with a slotted spoon.
Reheat the wok and add the remaining oil.
When it is very hot, add
the fresh chiles, garlic, chili powder or cayenne and peppercorns,
and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
Then add the water, 1 tablespoon rice
wine, soy sauce and sugar, and cook for another 30 seconds.
Return
the meat to the wok and heat through.
Give the mixture several good
stirs, turn onto a platter, and serve.
Serves 4 as part of a
Chinese meal or 2 as a single dish.