Peking Pork Chops. Juicy tender pork chops smothered in a tangy sweet and sour sauce. Delicious as a main dish. A popular dish found at most Chinese restaurants. Ready in 25 minutes!
What are Peking Pork Chops?
Peking Pork Chops are delicious juicy pork chops that are coated in a flouring agent and then fried until crispy brown. Then they are covered in a thick glossy sweet and sour sauce with ketchup and hoisin sauce being the base. It is absolutely delicious and a must try in Chinese cuisine.
I love tender pork chops especially when they are covered in a delicious sweet and sour sauce. When paired with some white rice and leafy greens, it is a simple yet tasty meal. Whenever I go to Chinese restaurant, Peking style pork is the number one dish I must order! It is so good, especially when that tangy sauce hits the rice.
Ingredients
Please scroll down to below recipe card for exact measurements.
Note: Most Asian grocers will carry these ingredients. You may find some at your select grocery store or online, like on Amazon.
- Boneless pork butt or pork shoulder
- Neutral oil
Pork Marinade:
- Cornstarch or Potato starch
- Salt
- Dry Sherry Wine or Shaoxing wine
Peking pork sauce:
- Garlic
- Ginger powder
- Chinese five spice
- Brown Sugar
- Worcestershire sauce
- Hoisin sauce
- White vinegar
- Ketchup
- Cornstarch or potato starch
- Cold water
Optional Garnish:
- Sesame seeds
- Green onion
How to Make Peking Pork Chops
Prepare Pork
Slice your pork into strips and tenderize them with a meat tenderizing hammer or with the back of your knife.
Marinate Pork
In a mixing bowl, add pork strips, cornstarch, salt and dry sherry wine. Mix well until pork is well coated in cornstarch. Set aside.
Prepare Sauce
In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients as listed above.
Fry Pork
In a large pan, heat vegetable oil on medium heat. To test if the oil is hot enough, place a wooden chopstick and look for bubbles. Once you see bubbles, carefully lower in pork.
Fry pork until golden crispy brown on each side, about 8-9 minutes in total. You may need to adjust heat as needed.
Remove Pork
Remove the pork and place on a paper-towel lined plate to soak up excess grease. Discard the oil in the pan.
Simmer Sauce
On medium heat, pour in your sauce.
Toss in Fried Pork
Bring this to a simmer and once it bubbles and thickens, add crispy pork back in ensuring every pork chop is covered in sauce.
Garnish
Transfer to a serving dish. Optional: garnish with sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy!
Other recipes you may like!
📖 Recipe
Easy Peking Pork Chops (25-min. Recipe)
Ingredients
- 0.675 lb pork butt aka pork shoulder
- ¼ cup vegetable oil or any neutral oil
Pork Marinade:
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon dry sherry wine or Shaoxing wine
Sauce:
- ½ teaspoon garlic minced
- ⅛ teaspoon ginger powder
- ¼ teaspoon Chinese five spice
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- ½ tablespoon white vinegar
- 4 tablespoon ketchup
- ½ tablespoon cornstarch or potato starch
- ½ cup water cold
Optional Garnish:
- ½ teaspoon sesame seeds
- 1 stalk green onion
Instructions
- Slice your pork into strips and tenderize them with a meat tenderizing hammer or with the back of your knife.
- In a mixing bowl, add pork strips, cornstarch, salt and dry sherry wine. Mix well until pork is well coated in cornstarch. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients as listed above. Set aside.
- In a large pan, heat vegetable oil on medium heat. To test if the oil is hot enough, place a wooden chopstick and look for bubbles. Once you see bubbles, carefully lower in pork.
- Fry pork until golden crispy brown on each side, about 8-9 minutes in total. You may need to adjust heat as needed.
- Remove the pork and place on a paper-towel lined plate to soak up excess grease. Discard the oil in the pan.
- On medium heat, pour in your sauce. Bring this to a simmer and once it bubbles and thickens, add crispy pork back in ensuring every pork chop is covered in sauce.
- Transfer to a serving dish. Optional: garnish with sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy!
Windy Wibowo
Just recook ur recipe for dinner and it was amazing!! I added some chilli on the sauce because i love spicy and it turns very good as well ❤️❤️ thank you for sharing the recipe
christieathome
Thanks so much Windy for making my recipe! So happy you liked it and I appreciate the kind review!
Summer
Taste amazing and not hard to make. Will no doubt be making this again and again! Thank you!
christieathome
Thanks so much for making my recipe Summer! So glad you liked it 🙂 Have a lovely day!
Gogo
this was great and i'm so happy these were all ingredients that i already had in my kitchen, thanks so much! 🙂
christieathome
So happy to hear that you enjoyed my recipe! Glad you had all the ingredients at your finger tips! Thanks for making my recipe!
Faith
This was an awesome recipe and made lockdown that much more exciting. Thank you so much for sharing!
christieathome
So glad it made your lockdown more exciting! Happy I could share.
Gloria
Love this recipe. The best one I've found so far that tastes as good as my local restaurant! Love that the ingredients are readily available too. This dish is all about the sauce and this one's great.
Thanks for making it so easy and accessible - delish!
christieathome
Thank YOU so much Gloria for your kind comment! It actually made my day and I am so glad it tastes as good as your local restaurant. So so so happy to read this. Have a lovely day! - Christie
Heidi | The Frugal Girls
I really love your homemade peking pork sauce... it's the perfect way to upgrade with this classic dish!