P F Changs Mu Shu Pork Food

P F CHANG'S MU SHU PORK

Steps:

• Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large flat frying pan over medium high heat. When oil is hot, pour in the beaten eggs. Let the eggs set up until firm enough to flip as one sheet.
• Cook for a few more seconds and remove from heat to a chopping board. Slice the egg sheet into strips and set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in the same pan over high heat and add half of the green onions. Stir until the onions are sizzling for a minute.
• Add the cabbage and bean sprouts. Saute until cabbage is wilted but still a little crunchy. Remove from heat and set aside in an extra bowl.
• Heat the remaining oil in the same pan over high heat and add the garlic and the rest of the green onions. Saute until fragrant and add the pork. Stir fry until the pork is just cooked.
• Add the Chinese mushrooms, bamboo shoots, cabbage, sprouts, and egg sheet. Stir fry for another few minutes.
• Heat the mu shu shells according to the instructions on the package. Serve each mu shu shell with a smear of hoisin sauce down the middle. Place several spoonfuls of mu shu on the shell and fold the sides inches.

MU SHU PORK

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, sherry and hoisin sauce in a bowl. Add the pork, toss to coat evenly, cover, refrigerate and marinate for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, soak the mushrooms in enough hot water to cover for 20 minutes. Drain and thinly slice. Set aside on a plate, along with the cabbage, carrot and scallions.
• Heat a wok or large skillet over medium/high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil and swirl to coat. Pour in the eggs, swirling and tilting the wok to form a thin film. Cook just until the eggs are set and feel dry on top, about 1 minute. Transfer to a platter, let cool slightly and cut into 1 inch strips.
• Return the wok to high heat, and swirl in the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Add the garlic, and ginger, and stir-fry to release the aromas, about 1 minute. Add the pork and stirfry until lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the reserved mushrooms, cabbage, carrot, bean sprouts, and scallions, along with the chicken stock, and stir-fry another 2 minutes. Stir in soy sauce, sherry, sesame oil, and sugar, and cook, stirring until sauce boils, about 1 minute. Add egg strips and mix well. To serve, spread a small amount of hoisin sauce on a warm Mandarin Pancake. Spoon about 1/2 cup mu shu mixture in center of pancake, wrap like a burrito, folding the ends to close, and serve.
• Place flour in a medium bowl, making a well in the center. Pour in the boiling water, and use a wooden spoon or chopsticks to mix until a soft dough is formed. On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough gently until it is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Cover with a damp towel and let rest for 20 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a log, 16 inches long. Cut the log crosswise into 1 inch pieces, shape each piece into a ball, then use your hands to flatten each ball into a pancake. Brush the tops of the pancakes lightly with the sesame oil. Then, place one pancake on top of a second pancake, oiled sides together, so that there are 8 pairs. With a rolling pin, flatten each pair into a 6 inch circle. (A tortilla press also works well for this.) Cover the pancakes with a damp towel to rest.
• Heat an ungreased, nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook the pancakes, one at a time, turning them once as they puff and little bubbles appear on the surface, until lightly browned, about 2 minutes on each side. As each pancake is finished, remove from pan and gently separate the halves into 2 pancakes while still hot. Stack cooked pancakes on a plate while cooking the remaining pancakes.
• Serve pancakes while still warm with Mu Shu Pork. Or, pancakes may be prepared up to 1 day in advance, wrapped in plastic, and refrigerated. Pancakes may also be frozen. Reheat them by steaming for 5 minutes, or warming them in a 350 degree F oven, wrapped in foil, for 10 minutes.
• Yield: 16 pancakes

MARVELOUS MU SHU PORK WITHOUT CABBAGE!

Steps:

• Place dried mushrooms and wood ears in small bowl and cover with hot water; let stand 30 minutes.
• Combine marinade ingredients in large bowl; add pork and stir to coat; let stand 30 minutes.
• Drain and squeeze excess water out of mushrooms and wood ears; cut off and discard mushroom stems and cut caps into thin slices. Pinch out hard nobs from center of wood ears and discard; cut wood ears into thin strips.
• Omelet: heat oil in small nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add the eggs and tilt skillet to cover bottom. Cook just until egg is set. Loosen edges, turn omelet over and cook the other side five seconds; remove from skillet. When omelet is cool, cut crosswise into 1/8-inch wide strips.
• Combine all flavoring sauce ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• Stir-Fry: Heat oil in wok or large skillet over high heat; add ginger and stir once; add pork and stir-fry until meat is no longer pink, about two minutes. Add mushrooms, wood ears, bamboo shoots, carrot and broth; stir and toss two minutes. Add bean sprouts and stir-fry one minute.
• Stir flavoring sauce; pour into wok and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce bubbles and thickens. Stir in omelet strips and green onions.
• To serve, spread about two teaspoons hoisin sauce on each pancake. Spoon one-eighth of the pork mixture down center and roll up.

CHINESE TAKE-OUT MU SHU PORK

Steps:

• Prepare the pancakes according to the directions with the Chinese Take-Out Peking Duck. In a small bowl, combine the pork, 2 tablespoons of the sherry, 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of the vegetable oil, and half the garlic. Toss together, and refrigerate while assembling the remaining ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and sherry, the stock, 1 tablspoon of the sesame oil, the sugar, chili paste, 1/2 tsp of the salt, and black pepper to taste. Set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a wok or saute pan set over medium heat. Add the eggs and stir-fry until they become firm, about 1 minute. Transfer the eggs to a large bowl.
• Add another 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the wok and heat. Add the cabbage, mushrooms, and green onion. Saute the vegetables until they begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining garlic, the ginger, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and continue to cook for another minute, or until the garlic and ginger are fragrant. Transfer the mixture to the bowl containing the eggs.
• Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in the wok, then add the pork and its marinade and stir-fry until it is almost cooked, about 2 minutes.
• Return the cabbage and eggs to the wok along with the sauce. When the sauce boils, add the cornstarch mixture and cook for another minute, or until the sauce thickens. Transfer the mixture to a heated platter.
• To serve, arrange a platter with mu shu pork, pancakes, and hoisin and let your guests make their own mu shu.