It is said that Fish-Flavored Shredded Pork is created by a Sichuan’s housewife. Because her families love eat fish. She was very particular about cooking fish and she would prepare it with green onion(洋葱yánɡcōnɡ), ginger(姜jiānɡ), garlic(大蒜dàsuàn), wine(葡萄酒pútɑo jiǔ), vinegar(醋cù) and sauce(调味汁tiáo wèi zhī) to get rid of the smell of fish while enhancing its taste.

One night, she put the leftover seasonings she had just used for cooking fish into another dish she was cooking with to avoid wasting the seasonings. To her surprise, her husband praised her cooking, saying that it was delicious. Later, her recipe(食谱shípǔ) (especially its seasonings) were spread and favored among the people. Since the dish was created with the seasonings used for cooking fish and they do have fish flavor, people classified them as fish-flavor dish.

Ingredients:
200 g Lean pork(猪精肉zhū jīnɡròu)
100 g lettuce(莴苣、生菜wōjù;shēnɡcài)
black fungus(黑木耳hēi mùěr); ginger; green onion (spring onion, scallion); garlic

Seasonings:
salt
white sugar
broad bean paste(豆瓣酱dòubàn jiànɡ)
cooking wine(料酒liàojiǔ)
wet cornstarch
soy sauce(酱油jiànɡyóu)
vinegar
red chili oil(辣椒油làjiāo yóu) (optional)