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Tag Archives: pork
Simple everyday pork
The Chinese word for meat (肉, ròu) implies pork, demonstrating just how how central to Chinese cuisine it is. Pork is enjoyed in all kinds of ways: seasoned and air-cured into tasty bacon, stir-fried as a main dish, barbecued, or ground … Continue reading
Posted in Meat, Pork, Recipes, Stir-fry
Tagged Asia, Asian food, China, chinese food, Lao Gan Ma, pork, Sichuan, Sichuan peppers
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Green beans and pork in “fish-fragrant” sauce
To the Western ear, “fish-fragrant” sauce has a very strange name. Does it taste like fish? Does it smell like fish? No, not hardly. “Fish-fragrant” (魚香, yúxiāng) is the name of a sauce that comes from Sichuanese cuisine, originally developed to accompany … Continue reading
Posted in Long beans, Meat, Pork, Recipes, Stir-fry, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian food, China, chinese food, fish fragrant, long beans, pork
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Bacon with wood ear mushrooms and tofu (培根双鲜)
This dish was an outstanding success. The tastes blended really well together and the textures were wonderfully complimentary. Wood ear mushrooms (木耳, mùěr), which are usually sold dried and need to be soaked in warm water before using, have an earthy … Continue reading
Posted in Meat, Mushrooms, Pork, Recipes, Stir-fry, Tofu, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian food, bacon, China, chinese food, mushrooms, pork, tofu
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Green beans with ground pork
This is a quick and easy recipe that really needs no introduction. It’s just what the title implies: green beans flavored with ground pork. You can use any kind of beans. I used thin green haricots verts, which are pictured … Continue reading
Posted in Green beans, Long beans, Recipes, Stir-fry, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian food, China, chinese food, Green beans, ground pork, Lao Gan Ma, long beans, pork, Sichuan peppers
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Burmese eggplant curry
The first eggplant recipe I posted on this blog was a Sichuanese dish. Now it’s time for another take on eggplant, this time from Burma. As you move southwestwards from Sichuan Provence, the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau of China eventually give … Continue reading
Posted in Curry, Eggplant, Meat, Pork, Recipes, Vegetables
Tagged Asia, Asian cuisine, Asian food, Burma, Burmese cuisine, Burmese curry, Burmese food, China, Chinese cuisine, chinese food, curry, eggplant, eggplant curry, pork, shrimp, shrimp paste
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Pork-flavored mushrooms with fermented black beans
TastyAsia.net is now exactly one month old, and I’m humbled and pleased by the number of hits and follows so far. Thanks everyone for the comments and the “likes.” I really appreciate it. It’s been a stressful week at work, … Continue reading
Posted in Meat, Mushrooms, Pork, Recipes, Stir-fry, Vegetables
Tagged black beans, China, chinese food, douchi, fermented black beans, mushrooms, pork
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Broccoli with pork, shallots, and black bean chili sauce
Western broccoli isn’t a staple in China. In fact, I’ve only seen people eating broccoli once in Beijing, and it was a table of Scandinavians at Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant where western tourists were the rule. Still, broccoli is too … Continue reading
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