Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 3 garlic (cloves peeled)
- 1 cube ginger
- 180 gr tender young asparagus
- 130 gr pork shoulder (ground)
- 80 ml soy sauce
- 40 gr sifted all-purpose flour
- 30 ml vegetable oil
- 18 gr sugar
- 16 ml cider vinegar
- 10 ml oriental sesame oil
- 7 gr mirin
- 5 ml sesame oil (hot)
- 1 gr salt
- 1 gr pepper
- some green tops
SIFT THE FLOUR, SALT, PEPPER and 2 teaspoons of the sugar into a large bowl. Make a well in the center and pour the eggs into it. Stir just enough to combine the ingredients. In a medium skillet set over moderate heat, stir-fry the pork, scallions, and two-thirds of the garlic in the sesame oil for 8-to-10 minutes, until the pork is no longer pink; do not brown the meat. Add the asparagus, toss for 1-or-2 minutes over moderate heat, then allow the mixture to cool to room temperature. In a separate bowl, combine the remaining ingredients, except the vegetable oil, to make a dipping sauce. When the pork mixture is cool, stir it into the reserved batter. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet over moderately high heat until ripples show on the skillet bottom. Half fill a 0.25-cup measuring cup with the batter and drop the batter into the hot oil, evening up the ragged edges of the pancake. Add 3 more pancakes to the skillet, smoothing the edges as before, and brown them for 1-to- 1.5 minutes per side. Drain them on paper towels, then keep them warm on an uncovered platter in a 120ÂșC oven. Fry the rest of the pancakes, adding more vegetable oil to the skillet if needed. Serve the pancakes hot with the dipping sauce.