Moo Shu Pork Food

MOO SHU MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Rehydrate the dried ingredients for the filling: Place wood ear mushrooms and day lily buds in two separate medium bowls or measuring cups large enough to allow for them to expand about fourfold. Cover with very hot water, and set aside until rehydrated, about 15 minutes. (I use hot tap water, but you could also use water heated on the stovetop or in the microwave.) Drain thoroughly. Remove tough centers from the wood ears, then thinly slice them. Cut day lilies into 2-inch pieces.
• While wood ears and day lilies rehydrate, prepare the pork marinade: Combine 1/2 teaspoon Shaoxing wine, 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch, 1/4 teaspoon white pepper and a pinch of kosher salt in a medium bowl, and whisk with a fork to combine. Add pork and stir roughly with fingertips or chopsticks until thoroughly combined, then continue stirring for 10 seconds. Set aside for 15 minutes at room temperature.
• Meanwhile, make the sauce: Combine remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons Shaoxing wine, 2 1/2 teaspoons soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch and 1/4 teaspoon white pepper in a small bowl and whisk with a fork until no lumps remain.
• Cook the eggs: Heat wok over high until lightly smoking. Add 2 tablespoons oil and swirl to coat. Pour the beaten eggs into the center and cook without moving for 10 seconds. Continue to cook, breaking up the eggs with a spatula until they are barely set, 30 to 45 seconds. Transfer eggs to a large bowl.
• Wipe out wok and return to high heat until lightly smoking. Add 1 tablespoon sesame oil and swirl to coat. Add 1 ginger slice and let sizzle for 5 seconds. Immediately add pork and stir-fry until pork is no longer pink and mostly cooked through, about 1 minute. Discard ginger slice, then transfer pork to bowl with eggs.
• Wipe out wok and return to high heat until lightly smoking. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and swirl to coat. Add remaining ginger slice and let sizzle for 5 seconds. Immediately add the fresh mushrooms and stir-fry until mushrooms are lightly browned around the edges, 2 to 3 minutes. Add scallions, sliced wood ears and day lilies, and stir-fry until softened and fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add the pork and eggs back to the wok. Stir sauce to combine again, then add it to the wok along with the MSG, if using. Stir-fry everything to combine and season to taste with salt and more white pepper, if desired. Discard ginger. Transfer moo shu mixture to a serving platter and serve immediately with Mandarin pancakes and hoisin sauce.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Rehydrate the wood ears and lily buds a day ahead of time. I usually keep them in a tupperware container in the fridge.
• In a wok filled with 3 tbsp oil, bring to high temperature and add the pork. Using a strainer, quickly move around the pork and cook until medium rare, only 1 minute. Remove, strain pork and set aside.
• Leave 2 tablespoons of oil in the wok and return to high heat. Add eggs to hot oil and scramble. Set them aside with cooked pork.
• With remaining oil in wok, stir fry the garlic, ginger, and shiitake mushrooms until soft, about 2-3 minutes and season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Add the cabbage, bamboo shoots, and wood ear mushrooms and continue stir frying 2-3 minutes.
• Add half of the hoisin-lime and check for flavor.
• Meanwhile, in a steamer, heat the pancakes until hot.
• Lay individual pancakes on plates and paint on hoisin-lime sauce with the scallion brushes. Top with Moo-Shu, lay on 2 scallion brushes and roll up.
• How to make the pancakes.
• 2 cups unsifted flour.
• 3/4 cup water.
• Kadoya sesame oil.
• Place the flour in a mixing bowl, making a well in the center. Bring water to a boil, then add to the flour. Add additional flour or water as needed to produce a non-sticky dough which can be kneaded. Place the dough on a very lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes. Cover the dough and allow to rest for 30 minutes.
• At the end of 30 minutes, briefly knead the dough for an additional minute or two. Then, roll the dough into a sausage shape, about 1 1/2-inches in diameter. Measure the cylinder into 16 equal size pieces. Cut and roll each piece into a smooth ball. Moisten fingers with a bit of sesame oil. Flatten each ball out to make a round, biscuit shaped disc. Place the disc on a flat surface and brush top with sesame oil. Similarly, flatten out another ball into a disc of similar diameter and place it atop the first. Roll out this double biscuit into a circle about 6 or 7 inches in diameter. Complete this procedure using the rest of the dough.
• Heat a skillet, brushing the inside bottom with sesame oil. Add one of the double pancakes and cook 30 seconds. Flip and cook another half minute, taking care that they do not brown. Quickly lift the pancake away from the hot surface and slap it down on the work surface. While the pancake is still warm, peel the double cake apart into two pancakes. Reserve. Repeat until all of the cakes have been completed. Stack in a sheet of foil. Carefully seal the foil with pancakes into a packet and steam 20-30 minutes before use. Serve warm.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Whisk the hoisin sauce, vinegar, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add the pork and marinate 10 minutes.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. Remove the pork from the marinade using tongs (reserve the marinade) and stir-fry until browned, about 4 minutes. Transfer the pork to a plate. Add 3 to 4 tablespoons water to the skillet, then pour the pan juices over the pork on the plate.
• Add the remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the skillet; when hot, add the mushrooms and stir-fry until slightly golden, about 2 minutes. Add the coleslaw mix and cook until wilted, about 3 minutes. Add the pork, the reserved marinade and half of the scallions; stir-fry 2 more minutes. Season with salt and sprinkle with the remaining scallions. Serve the stir-fry in the lettuce leaves with more hoisin sauce.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• First, combine the pork with the marinade ingredients and set aside for 20-30 minutes.
• Then cook the eggs. Whisk together the eggs with the rice wine and salt. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok over high heat. Add the beaten eggs, scramble, and turn off the heat. Dish out the cooked eggs and set aside.
• Heat the wok over high heat once again, and add 2 tablespoons of oil. When the oil starts to smoke, add the pork and sear the meat until lightly browned. Then add the chopped scallion and stir.
• Next, add the sliced cucumbers and wood ear mushrooms. Stir fry to thoroughly combine the ingredients. Now it's time to add the Shaoxing wine, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and water.
• Stir fry everything well for an additional 30 seconds. Finally add the cooked eggs, stir-fry for another 30 seconds, and serve!

EASY MOO SHU PORK WITH TORTILLAS

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 teaspoon oil over medium. Add eggs; cook, without stirring, until set, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board. When cool enough to handle, roll up, and slice crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips; set aside. Wipe skillet clean; reserve.
• Place pork in a medium bowl, and sprinkle with cornstarch. Season with salt and pepper, and toss to coat. In reserved skillet, heat remaining tablespoon oil over medium-high. Add pork, and cook until browned on one side, 4 to 5 minutes (pork will cook more later); transfer to a plate (reserve skillet).
• Add mushrooms and ginger to skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook until mushrooms are lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Add cabbage, scallions, soy sauce, vinegar, egg strips, and pork; cook, tossing occasionally, until cabbage has wilted and pork is opaque throughout, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stack tortillas between damp paper towels; microwave on high for 2 minutes. To assemble, spread center of a tortilla with hoisin sauce; top with moo shu filling, and roll up.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, water, soy sauce and ginger until blended; set aside. In a large skillet, saute pork and garlic in oil for 3-5 minutes or until meat is no longer pink. , Stir cornstarch mixture and add to the skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in hoisin sauce. Add coleslaw mix; stir to coat. Spoon about 1/2 cup pork mixture into the center of each tortilla; roll up tightly.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Combine pork with marinating sauce, do a little message to make sure the pork slices absorb the sauces well. Set aside for 30 minutes. At the same time, prepare cucumber, carrot, whisk the eggs and scallion.
• In a small bowl, mix the stir fry sauce.
• Add a small pinch of salt in eggs and then whisk well. Heat around 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok over high fire. Make scrambled eggs firstly and then transfer out.
• Heat your wok or pan firstly. Add cooking oil to form a 2-3 cm high layer (do not be scared by the oil amount, we do not eat them all). Spread the pork sliced in when the oil begins to warm but not hot. Let them stay for around 5-8 seconds and then quickly fry them until turns pale. Transfer out immediately.
• Leave around 1 tablespoon of oil in wok and then fry garlic until aroma, place prepared wood ear mushrooms, dried lily flower and carrot. Continue frying for around 1 minute over medium heat.
• Return pork slices, cucumber and egg.
• Pour the stir-fry sauce we prepared in previous step. Mix well. At this step, you need to taste the dish and see whether an extra pinch of salt is needed. Transfer out and serve with woo shu shells or steamed rice.

MOO-SHU PORK

Steps:

• Make pancake dough:
• In large bowl, stir together flour and 1 cup boiling water until water is absorbed. Add 1/2 cup cold water and knead until smooth dough forms. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let rest 1 hour.
• Prep stir-fry:
• In large nonreactive bowl, toss together pork, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 3 tablespoons rice wine, pepper, and cornstarch. Let marinate 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine dried black mushrooms and boiling water to cover. Let stand until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain, squeezing out excess liquid, rinse to remove any grit, discard stems, and coarsely chop caps. Set aside.
• In small bowl, stir together remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, remaining 1 tablespoon rice wine, oyster sauce, and sugar. Set aside.
• In small sauté pan over moderate heat, heat sesame oil until hot but not smoking. Add eggs and scramble until softly set, about 1 minute. Transfer to small bowl and set aside.
• Cook pancakes:
• On lightly floured work surface, roll dough into long, even cylinder 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Using sharp knife, cut cylinder crosswise into about 30 (3/4- to 1-inch) slices. Using rolling pin, roll each slice out to 3 1/2-inch-diameter circle (about 1/8 inch thick). Brush 1 circle with sesame oil and top with 2nd circle. Repeat with remaining circles to form 15 "sandwiches." Roll each "sandwich" out to 6-inch diameter. (Pancakes can be made ahead up to this point and frozen, layered between parchment or waxed paper, up to 1 month.)
• Heat wok or heavy large sauté pan over moderate heat. Brush pan lightly with peanut oil and cook pancake "sandwiches" in batches until lightly golden, about 3 minutes per side, brushing pan with oil between each batch. Transfer each "sandwich" as done to large plate and immediately peel apart 2 halves. Cover with moist towel while cooking remaining pancakes. Keep warm until ready to serve.
• Cook stir-fry:
• In wok or heavy large sauté pan over moderately high heat, heat peanut oil until hot but not smoking. Add ginger, garlic, half of scallions (reserve remainder for garnish), and pork and stir-fry until pork is cooked through and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Add black mushrooms, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, and cucumber and stir-fry until vegetables are tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs and soy sauce-rice wine-oyster sauce mixture and stir-fry until heated through, about 1 minute.
• Transfer to serving bowl and garnish with remaining scallions. To serve, divide pork mixture among pancakes and roll up to enclose mixture.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Cut pork into 1/4-inch-thin strips and mix with 1 tablespoon soy sauce, cornstarch, wine, and water.
• Mix remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce with cabbage, carrot, bean sprouts, and hoisin sauce in a separate bowl.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok over medium-high heat. Pour in eggs. Cook and scramble until set, about 3 minutes. Remove from wok and set aside.
• Heat another tablespoon of oil in the same wok; cook pork mixture until meat is no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Remove mixture and set aside.
• Heat remaining tablespoon of oil in the wok. Add cabbage mixture; stir-fry until softened but still crunchy, about 3 minutes. Add the pork mixture and eggs; stir evenly and drain.

QUICK AND EASY MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Place the pork chops between two sheets of plastic wrap, gently pound to a thickness of about 1/4-inch, then cut them across the grain into thin strips.
• Transfer to a mixing bowl, drizzle with sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Add the garlic, ginger and a few grinds of black pepper, combine well and set aside for 15 minutes.
• While the pork marinates, combine the hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and oyster sauce in a measuring cup or small bowl and set aside.
• Wrap the tortillas tightly in foil and place in a warm oven (275°F) to soften.
• Preheat a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and swirl to coat the pan.
• Add the eggs and stir-fry until soft-scrambled, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a small bowl, break up into small pieces and set aside.
• Return the pan to the stove, add the pork and stir-fry until all traces of pink have disappeared, 2 to 2-1/2 minutes. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Coat the pan with another tablespoon of vegetable oil and add the mushrooms. Stir-fry until lightly browned, 2 minutes.
• Add the coleslaw mix and stir-fry just until wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the sauce and return the pork to the pan.
• Stir in the eggs and scallions, remove from the heat and transfer to a serving bowl.
• Serve the moo-shu family-style, letting each person fill their tortillas and roll as desired.

MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• Cut pork into 1/4 inches strips and mix with water, 1 Tablespoon soy sauce, wine and corn starch. Set aside. In a separate bowl mix cabbage, carrots, bean sprouts, 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce and Hoisin Sauce. Set aside.
• Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in wok, scramble eggs in wok. Remove from wok and set aside.
• Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in wok and cook pork mixture until fully cooked. Remove and set aside.
• Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in wok and stir fry cabbage mixture. Then add pork mixture and eggs, stir evenly and drain to serve.
• Wrap mixture and a little Hoisin Sauce in a moo shu shell or tortilla and serve.

MOO SHU PORK RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a small bowl, mix the sauce ingredients, whisking in the cornstarch last. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the marinade ingredients, adding the cornstarch last.
• Cut the pork tenderloin into thin strips.
• Add the pork strips to the marinade, mix to coat thoroughly, and marinate the pork for 30 minutes.
• Place the dried shiitakes, cloud ears or wood ears, and lily buds in separate bowls of water. Soak for approximately 30 minutes.
• Once thoroughly soaked, squeeze out any excess water from the mushrooms and lily buds. Remove the stems from the shiitakes and the hard tips from the lily buds. Cut the 3 ingredients into thin strips.
• Rinse the bamboo shoots under warm running water to remove any tinny taste. Drain and cut into thin strips.
• Rinse the green onions and cut each into thirds.
• Cut the ginger into thin strips.
• In a small bowl, lightly beat the eggs with the salt.
• Heat the wok over medium-high to high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil, swirling along the sides. When the oil is hot, add the beaten eggs and scramble until they are quite firm. Remove the eggs from the wok.
• Clean out the wok and add 2 tablespoons oil. When the oil is hot, add the ginger and stir-fry until aromatic (about 30 seconds).
• Add the marinated pork to the wok and stir-fry until the pork changes color and is nearly cooked through. Remove the ginger and pork from the wok.
• Add 2 tablespoons of oil to the wok. When the oil is hot, add the mushrooms and lily buds. Stir-fry for about 1 minute.
• Push the mushrooms and lily buds up to the sides of the wok. Give the sauce a quick stir in the bowl and pour it into the middle of the wok, stirring quickly to thicken.
• Add the pork, ginger, and scrambled egg back into the wok.
• Stir in the green onion and bamboo shoots and mix everything together.
• Taste and add extra seasoning if desired. Remove from the heat and stir in the sesame oil.
• Serve over rice or rolled up in a Mandarin crepe brushed with hoisin sauce. Enjoy.

KETO MOO SHU PORK

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the ingredients for the sauce. Whisk well to incorporate.
• Place half of the sauce mixture into a ziploc bag, and add the pork strips to it. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium high heat on the stove and cook the pork pieces with the mushrooms until the pork is cooked through and mushrooms are tender. Discard the marinade in the bag.
• Scoot the meat and mushrooms over to one side of the skillet, reduce the heat to medium and cook the beaten eggs until cooked through.
• Add the coleslaw mix to the skillet, and pour the other half of the sauce mixture over everything. Toss to combine well.
• Saute for and additional few minutes and serve topped with green onions.