Ingredients
Method
Pork Chops
- Tenderise pork chops with a meat mallet on both sides.
- Marinate it with 5 spice powder, corn flour, sugar, white pepper, soy sauce, shaoxing wine, and sesame oil for at least 30 minutes.
- Pour the beaten egg over the marinated pork. Toss to coat.
- Let the excess egg drip off then coat both sides with panko bread crumb.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat, and shallow fry both sides for 2-3 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Rest the crispy pork chops over a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes or so before serving.
Fried Rice
- Pour the egg over the rice and coat it evenly using a spoon.
- Heat pan over medium-high, add in the oil and cook garlic for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Add the rice and toss to cook for about 5 minutes. Then add frozen vegetables to cook for another 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer rice into baking dish.
Sweet and tangy sauce
- Heat pan over medium-high with oil. Add onions and pepper and cook until tender. Add in garlic to cook for another 30 seconds.
- Pour in the rest of the ingredients except corn starch slurry.
- Mix to combine, adjust seasoning, and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
- Stir in corn starch slurry to thicken the sauce. Then pour the sauce over the fried rice.
Baking the rice
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- Top the cheese over the prepared rice.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes at 200C until cheese is melty.
- Top with prepared pork chops and garnish with spring onions.