Braised pork with red bean cheese
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | pounds | Pork |
| 3 | tablespoons | Red bean cheese (see recipe) |
| 1 | Or | |
| 2 | Cloves garlic | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sherry |
| 2 | teaspoons | Sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Soy sauce |
| 2½ | tablespoon | Oil |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 3 | cups | Stock |
Directions
1. Cut pork in 1-inch cubes. Mash red bean cheese. Crush garlic cloves.
Combine sherry, sugar and soy sauce.
2. Heat oil in a heavy pan. Add salt and crushed garlic. Stir-fry a few times. Add pork and brown quickly on all sides.
3. Stir in sherry-sugar mixture until it evaporates (about 1 minute).
Then stir in mashed red cheese. 4. Add stock and bring to a boil. Then simmer, covercd, until tender (about 1-½ hours).
VARIATION: During the last 15 minutes of cooking, add 1 to 2 cups Chinese turnips, peeled and cut in 1-inch cubes.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .