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Pork With Hot Peanut Sauce

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Pork With Hot Peanut Sauce

Florence
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Course Main
Cuisine Asian

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tablespoons peanut oil
  • 1/2 pound pork butt
  • 2 cloves garlic -- minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh gingerroot -- minced
  • 1/2 cup preserved radish
  • 4 squares firm bean curd
  • 2 green onions
  • **SAUCE**
  • 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 2 dried hot red chili peppers
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1/3 cup stock
  • 1/2 teaspoon MSG - this is totally optional for dietary reasons

Instructions
 

  • Soak radish in warm water for 45 minutes.
  • Drain radish and cut in to 1/2" cubes.
  • Cut pork into 1/2" cubes
  • Drain & rinse canned bean curd; cut into 1/2" cubes
  • Cut green onions, including tops, in to 1/2 finger length size.
  • **SAUCE**
  • Cream together peanut butter and soy sauce.
  • Mix in remaining sauce ingredients.
  • Add oil to hot fry-pan or wok.
  • Add pork to hot oil.
  • Fry for approximately 1 minute.
  • Add garlic & ginger; stir-fry for another 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  • Transfer pork to saucepan; add peanut sauce; simmer for 15 minutes, adding onions in about 7 minutes in.
  • Remove excess oil.
  • Add more stock if sauce thickens
  • Steam radish and bean curd for approximately 15 minutes.
  • Top vegetables with pork and peanut sauce
  • Server warm.
  • Enjoy !

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