Saturday, January 23, 2010

Stir Fry Ground Pork and Wilted watercress(Thit Heo bam,Salat song xao)


I've come a long ways since the days of spam,eggs and rice with a splash of tabasco sauce. I am sure for many that concoction took you down memory lane,ahh yes the days of not knowing how to cook are long gone. But the laziness still resides in my bloodstream. Never the less, in my latest rendition of "Food Porn, Dine Responsibly"  I whipped up a nice dish to accompany the chicken broth with a splash of love (butter) cooked rice. Here's a dish I present to you, perhaps the laziest dish I've ever put together, however if time is short, hunger is exploding through the roof, this will serve you justice.

Ingredients
1/2 pd of ground pork
2-3table spoons of garlic chili hot sauce
3-4table spoons of hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon of msg
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1 small batch of watercress
1 egg
2 green chive onions

Method for cooking
1. Crack the egg into your ground pork
2. Add the Hoisin and Chili Garlic sauce
3. add the teaspoon of msg
4. Mix thoroughly by stirring in a mixing bowl,use chopsticks or wear rubber gloves and mush together
5. Place in the refrigerator and allow to marinate for 1 hour

In wok/skillet, add 1 tablespoons of cooking oil, allow the wok to get hot
add the ground pork, tossing w/a spatula often now allowing the ground pork to get clumped once it's close to done, throw in your sliced green chive onions.
Cook thoroughly and set it aside

Heres an example of how I do it w/a spatula

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Now in the same wok, add cooking oil, add your minced garlic,
Once the aroma builds, add your watercress, add the oyster sauce and toss in your wok
The watercress will wilt quickly, once cooked, place on the same plate as your ground pork.
The juice/sauce from the water cress will mix together with your ground pork which will produce explosive flavor.

6 comments:

  1. Girl Japan: April MarieJan 24, 2010 12:26 AM
    I love watercress... I could have it seared with a touch of soy/olive oil ... YUM. I've been cheating lately using tubed garlic from s&b... I'm sure it has preservatives.
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  2. Fresh Local and BestJan 24, 2010 12:27 PM
    Wow, this recipe looks very interesting. I'll have to try it sometime.
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  3. GastronomerJan 25, 2010 12:20 PM
    Quick, easy, delish! Don't forget the MSG ;-)
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  4. www.dhaleb.comFeb 2, 2010 05:52 AM
    I made something similar to this last week and served it with lettuce cups. I'll have to try out your recipe now. Yours has a cooler and more official name. Mine is just "Mince Pork w/ Whatever Asian Condiments You Can Find In Your Pantry Stir Fry".
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  5. JoyFeb 5, 2010 09:34 AM
    YUM I love watercress MMMMMmm deeerishus
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  6. ShantiFeb 28, 2010 12:38 AM
    Mmmm... spam, eggs, and rice. I still love that combo. Funny thing, 8 years ago I bought an entire box of SPAM (6 cans?) and it killed my passion for SPAM. Go to show, always enjoy things in moderation or risk killing a good thing. Now with you though on cooking up more complex goodies. Healthier, too!
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