From 7Hawks@comcast.net Wed Nov 24 11:30:05 2004 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:23:18 +0000 (UTC) From: 7Hawks <7Hawks@comcast.net> Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Subject: Fiery Pork And Winter Bamboo Shoots Over Snow Followup-To: rec.food.cooking, rec.food.recipes * Exported from BigOven * Fiery Pork And Winter Bamboo Shoots Over Snow Recipe By : Serving Size :4 Cuisine : Main Ingred. : Categories :Meats Chinese Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------- -------------------------------- 1 lg End-cut pork chop --OR 1/2 lb Pork butt 1 1/4 cup Slivered winter bamboo Shoots 1 tsp Minced ginger root 2 lg Garlic cloves 2 Tbsp Peanut oil 1/2 cup Chicken stock 1 tsp Chili paste with garlic 1 pn Sugar 1 1/2 cup Vegetable oil 1/2 cup Rice stick noodles 2 tsp Thin soy sauce 2 tsp Cornstarch Cornstarch paste 1 tsp Chinese red vinegar Rinse bamboo shoots; slice and sliver to the size of thick matchsticks. Slice pork like bamboo and marinate in thin soy sauce and cornstarch for 10 minutes. Peel and slice garlic in thin rounds. Combine stock, chili paste and sugar. Deep-frying Rice Stick: Break up rice stick before measuring. Heat vegetable oil in hot wok. When oil is medium hot, test a few pieces of rice stick: it should fry quickly to a puffy white. If it browns, turn down the heat. Fry rice sticks in very small batches. Spread out fried snow on serving platter, reserve in warm place. Stir-Frying: Clean wok; then reheat to very hot. Add peanut oil, heating until it just begins to smoke; add drained pork and stir-fry briskly for about 2 minutes. Add bamboo, garlic and ginger. Toss with pork for 1 minute. Re- stir liquids and add to wok. Cover wok, and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove cover; turn up heat again; boil briefly to reduce sauce; sprinkle on vinegar. Ladle over rice stick and serve. -- Rec.food.recipes is moderated by Patricia Hill at recipes@swcp.com. Only recipes and recipe requests are accepted for posting. Please allow several days for your submission to appear. Archives: http://www.cdkitchen.com/rfr/ http://recipes.alastra.com/