Salt & Pepper Pork Chop Bites

Rather than ordering salt and pepper pork chop bites from the local Chinese takeout, why not make your own gluten free pork chop recipe instead? The Asian salt and pepper seasoning adds so much flavour and you can make this dish as spicy as you dare!

Pan fried pork nuggets aren’t hard to prepare and I find this recipe even better than the Chinese takeout version. In the mood for Asian food? This recipe is a real winner.

Love Asian dishes? Don’t miss these shrimp spring rolls and Thai red curry chicken. Or how about a Chinese chicken salad?

Salt and Pepper Pork Chop Bites Ingredients

You’ll need pork chops for this pan fried pork chop recipe. Choose thick ones rather than thin, since they are better for this recipe.

Either Shaoxing wine (if you can find it) or dry sherry, along with soy sauce or tamari, sesame oil, chillies, garlic, cornstarch, and salt go into the mix. And for the breading you need cornstarch, rice flour, salt, and pepper.

Although most rice flour and cornstarch is gluten free, check the packaging to make sure, if you need a gluten free dish. Also use Tamari sauce instead of soy sauce to keep gluten out of your salt and pepper pork chop bites.

How to Make this Chinese Pork Chop Recipe

Combine the pork nuggets with the wine, soy sauce, oil, cornstarch, and salt, and let it marinate while you heat up the oil.

Grind the garlic with the jalapenos and peppercorns with a mortar and pestle. Toss thinly sliced chillies with garlic, cornstarch, and vegetable oil.

Fry the chillies and garlic for a minute then drain on paper towels. Next, mix the rice flour, cornstarch and white pepper and toss the pork in this. Fry the pork in the hot oil until golden then let it drain on paper towels.

Leave some of the oil in the pan and add the garlic and jalapeno paste and cook for about 30 seconds, then add the pan fried pork, peppers and garlic and warm though. Toss with salt and pepper and serve hot.

More about Asian Salt and Pepper Seasoning

If you like Chinese takeout, you’ll definitely know about Asian salt and pepper seasoning. And you might have wondered how these dishes get that distinctive flavour.

Recipes vary but this seasoning typically includes sea salt, white pepper, chilli flakes, ginger, sugar, garlic powder, and 5-spice. MSG also features heavily in many Chinese takeout (and eat-in) dishes, not only in pork nuggets.

This salt and pepper pork chop bites recipe is different because instead of using readymade Asian salt and pepper seasoning, you add the ingredients separately. It’s so tasty made with fresh chillies and garlic.

Making Chinese Takeout Style Dishes Gluten Free

The easiest way to enjoy Chinese food without the gluten is to make your own. Some soy sauce is naturally free from gluten but not all brands, so check the label. Tamari sauce tastes very similar and doesn’t have gluten.

Breading is typically made with wheat flour but you can swap the wheat flour for rice flour and cornstarch in many Chinese style recipes. If you’re gluten free yourself or you’ve been cooking for someone who is, you probably already know some ingredient substitutions.

Why not try gluten free egg roll wrappers next, or even sweet and sour sauce?

Salt and Pepper Pork FAQs

Salt & Pepper Pork Chop Bites Recipe

Spicy, crispy and utterly irresistible, these salt and pepper pork chop bites are well worth making. So if you’re in the mood for Asian food, try this easy pan fried pork chop recipe. Everyone loves pork bites!

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