Black Bean Pork and Zucchini

Many Chinese recipes rely on a robust sauce of crushed fermented black beans and garlic to add deep, savory flavor to meat, vegetable, and seafood dishes. Look for the sauce in jars on the Asian foods aisle of your supermarket.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 3/4 cup pork mixture and 3/4 cup rice)

Ingredients

• Pork:
• 3/4  pound  pork tenderloin, trimmed
• 1  tablespoon  Shaoxing (Chinese rice wine), dry sherry, or sake
• 1  tablespoon  low-sodium soy sauce
• 1  teaspoon  cornstarch
• 
  Sauce:
• 1/2  cup  water
• 2  tablespoons  Shaoxing (Chinese rice wine), dry sherry, or sake
• 1  tablespoon  black bean and garlic sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee)
• 2  teaspoons  cornstarch
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 
  Remaining ingredients:
• 1  pound  zucchini
• 2  tablespoons  canola oil, divided
• 1  tablespoon  minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1/4  cup  thinly sliced green onions
• 3  cups  hot cooked short-grain rice

Preparation

1. To prepare the pork, cut pork crosswise into 3-inch pieces. Cut each piece lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices; cut slices into 1/2-inch-wide strips. Combine pork, 1 tablespoon wine, soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon cornstarch; cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

2. To prepare sauce, combine 1/2 cup water and next 4 ingredients (through salt); set aside.

3. Cut zucchini crosswise into 2-inch pieces. Cut each piece lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices; cut slices into 1/2-inch-wide strips.

4. Heat a 14-inch wok over high heat. Add 2 teaspoons oil to wok, swirling to coat. Add zucchini and ginger to wok; stir-fry 1 minute or just until crisp-tender. Spoon into a bowl.

5. Add 2 teaspoons oil to wok, swirling to coat. Add half of pork mixture to wok; stir-fry 2 minutes or until browned. Add cooked pork mixture to zucchini mixture. Repeat procedure with remaining 2 teaspoons oil and remaining pork mixture. Return zucchini mixture to wok. Stir sauce; add sauce to wok. Stir-fry 1 minute or until thickened. Spoon into a serving dish. Sprinkle with onions. Serve over rice.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

398 (24% from fat)

Fat:

10.6g (sat 1.7g,mono 5.6g,poly 2.7g)

Protein:

23.1g

Carbohydrate:

48.1g

Fiber:

3.1g

Cholesterol:

55mg

Iron:

4.1mg

Sodium:

654mg

Calcium:

29mg