kitchenklutz | Entries tagged with ingredients: pork

Finally back home from Thanksgiving, and all the feasting got me once again inspired to try out some various types of cuisine. So I pulled out a Chinese cookbook that I haven't drawn heavily from -- one of my first, actually -- and started glancing at bookmarked pages to see if anything caught my eye. One did, I made a few adjustments in mid-stride, and this is what I ended up with.

( Stir-Fry Pork with Oyster Sauce )

Not quite as spicy as I'm used to, but I'm fairly content with it. The original recipe didn't include the chili garlic sauce or the celery (among other things); I threw both in to give a little extra texture and bite. Overall, not bad -- I'll certainly try making it again in the future.

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Originally gotten from here, on the Good Morning America recipes page.

Continuing my desire to try out a new recipe about every week, I spotted some interesting possibilities that Emeril had put up and decided to give this one a try. Without further ado, ( Emeril's Spicy Pork Stir-Fry with Green Beans. )

Overall, I have to say I was underwhelmed by this recipe. It's not bad, mind you; it's perfectly edible and somewhat tasty. However, it's not really all that spicy, and my suspicion is that the relatively large amount of chicken broth in the sauce dilutes it somewhat. Easy enough to make (and for the green beans, I just used 3/4 of a package of them, frozen), but probably not a recipe I'm going to go back to again and again. It just doesn't feel up to Emeril's usual quality, and I know I've got better Chinese/Asian recipes already under my belt.

Current Mood: meh

Adapted from another one of the discovered trove of Chinese recipes, I kind of threw this one together from a couple of different sources. I tinkered with some of the quantities on the ingredients, because parts of it seemed far out of proportion to what else was up there. Nonetheless, I ended up with a surprisingly tasty result -- pleasantly comparable, I must argue, to the kinds of Chinese dumplings (potstickers, specifically) I've eaten in restaurants or bought in frozen packs at the market.

( Juicy Fried Dumplings )

( Hoisin Dipping Sauce )

Overall, I was very pleased with the way these came out. For cooking the potstickers, I do recommend edging towards a 7-minute cook time rather than 6 minutes -- it makes them a bit crisper without being overcooked. Your mileage may vary, of course.

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culinary experiments and explorations

... while trying to avoid burning the kitchen down

[Recipe] Stir-Fry Pork with Oyster Sauce

[Recipe] Emeril's Spicy Pork Stir-Fry with Green Beans

[Recipe] Juicy Fried Dumplings and Dipping Sauce

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