Tuesday 2 October 2007

Food: Morning Glory Pork





I have decided to record the dinners that I throw together with whatever ingredients I have available in the fridge. Could be useful later on :-)
Let me know if any of you try them out!

Ingredients:
(I usually do this by eye, but I'll try writing the quantities....)

For four people

Olive oil
3 cloves of garlic
Ginger root to taste
3 Red chillies / Tabasco sauce to taste
2 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
10 tbsp water
Four tablespoons fish sauce (instead of salt)
Oyster sauce to taste
2 teaspoons demerara brown sugar
2 large Onions
250 – 300grs minced pork
Large bunch (400g) of Chinese spinach with stalks (morning glory)
150-200grs Asian/wild mushroom mix (small and long)
Three Eggs
Handful Cherry tomatoes
Garnish: spring onions, lime rind, peanuts


Method:
Heat some olive oil in frying pan. Add garlic, chopped garlic root and onions and sauté until transparent in colour. Mix in the pork mince, adding fish sauce and the red chillies. After the mince is cooked add the whole Asian/wild mushrooms (not button) and continue to stir fry until soft. Remove this from the heat and leave on a separate plate.
Add more olive oil to the frying pan and scramble three eggs. Add to the meat mixture.
Pour 2tsp of balsamic vinegar mixed with water into the base of the frying pan with 2tsp brown sugar and leave it to simmer until it reduces slightly. Add in the Chinese spinach (in large pieces) into the frying pan and let it sweat for 2 minutes. Sprinkle in some more fish sauce and finally add the cherry tomato halves.
Mix the meat, eggs and vegetables together in the pan for one minute. Add oyster sauce to taste. Serve and sprinkle chopped spring onions, diced lime rind and crushed roasted peanuts on top. Bon appetite!

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