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Here's a little function to unfold the current element-at-point, given that it is a src-block:

#+begin_src elisp
  (defun my/org-show-block ()
    (let* ((e (org-element-at-point))
           (type (org-element-type e))
           (beg (org-element-property :begin e))
           (end (org-element-property :end e)))
      (when (eq type 'src-block)
          (org-fold-region beg end nil 'block))))
#+end_src

It's a no-op if the block is already unfolded.

EDIT: C-h f org-fold-region says in my case:

org-fold-region is an alias for ‘org-fold-core-region’ in
‘org-fold.el’.

(org-fold-region FROM TO FLAG &optional SPEC-OR-ALIAS)

Hide or show lines from FROM to TO, according to FLAG.
SPEC-OR-ALIAS is the folding spec or foldable element, as a symbol.
If SPEC-OR-ALIAS is omitted and FLAG is nil, unfold everything in the region.

You can make sure that the file is loaded with (require 'org-fold) to temporarily get you over the hump, but that should not be necessary: it is required by org.el so when that is loaded, org-fold.el[c] would have been loaded as well. You should check that you are initializing Org mode correctly.

EDIT 2: It may be that you are using an old version of Org mode that does not have org-fold.el. Please add the version of Org mode that you are using (M-x org-version) to your question. org-fold is available in Org mode 9.5.4 and later. Emacs 28.2 currently comes with Org mode 9.6 I think, so that should work.