Chinese Baked Pork Rolls (Recipe)

Ingredients

Marinade

2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons catsup
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon dry white whine
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 pound pork tenderloin

Stuffings

6 dried mushrooms
4 whole scallions
8 water chestnuts

Steps

1. To make the marinade: In a medium bowl, stir together the soy sauce, catsup, sugar, white whine, vinegar, cornstarch, sesame oil and pepper.

2. Cut the pork tenderloin crosswide into 12 thin slices.  With a meat mallet, pound each piece between sheets of heavy-duty plastic wrap to a 1/4-inch thickness.  Toss the meat in the marinade and let stand for 15 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 400c. 

4. To make the stuffings: Soak the mushrooms in boiling water for 15 minutes.  Drain; discard the water and the stems.  Thinly slice the mushrooms lengthwise.  Using a knife, cut the scallions into thin shreds.  Chop the vegetables.

5. Remove the pork slices from the marinade and drain, reserving the marinade.  Place 2 tablespoons of the stuffing on each pork slice.  Roll the slice of pork around the stuffing.  Fasten each roll with a wooden toothpick.  Arrange the rolls in a single layer baking dish.  Pour the reserved marinade over the pork rolls.  Bake in the 400c oven for 20 minutes.