Cheesy Pork Chop Rice

Name: Cheesy Pork Chop Rice
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt; 1 bay leaf; 1 Tbsp. tomato paste; 1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes; 1½ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes; 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter; 2 lb. 1-thick boneless pork chops, cut into ¼-thick strips; 2 Tbsp. cornstarch or potato starch; 2 Tbsp. Shaoxing wine (Chinese rice wine); 2 Tbsp. soy sauce; 1 Tbsp. toasted sesame oil; 1 Tbsp. sugar; 1½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1 tsp. Morton kosher salt; ¼ tsp. baking soda; Vegetable oil (for frying; about 8 cups); 3 large eggs; Kosher salt; ¼ cup vegetable oil; 3 cups cooked jasmine rice; ¼ cup ketchup; 3 Tbsp. soy sauce; 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce; 1 Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar; 1 cup coarsely grated low-moisture mozzarella; ¼ cup finely grated Parmesan; A deep-fry thermometer