Posted in Food, Pork, tagged Beans, Food, Pork, Preview on October 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The universe answers. 🙂
An impulse buy.
Prosciutto End
Cheap buy from the grocery store. Wasn’t sure what to do with it.
The Cat brings home a bag of beans.
Beans
Why? Dunno. Sometimes, best not to know too much, you know like spy stuff. Hee hee.
Ingredients for the weekend pot. Beans and Prosciutto, think upscale pork and beans. Hee hee.
Stay tuned.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Braise, Food, Pork, Vegetarian, tagged Food, Pork, Vegetables on September 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This week’s one-pot. Actually this week there were two-pots.
First, shoyu pork.
Pork Belly, Par Boiled, Washed
Pork, dark soy, ginger, Crown Royal Apple, water, salt, brown sugar, star anise.
Into the Pot
The Cat threw in green onions from our outside pots.
The Mouse threw together something to accompany the pork.
Can
Wood-ear fungus, dried shiitake mushrooms, dark soy, sugar, salt.
Dark Matter
Good thing The Cat took white rice in her bento for contrast. Hee hee.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Food, Pork, tagged Canned Bamboo Shoots, Food, Shiitake, Shoyu Pork, Wood Ear Fungus on August 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »
We have shoyu pork! Hee hee.
Mentioned in previous posts, recently picked up pork belly and dark soy sauce.
Prepped the pork belly (washed, pre-simmered, washed, refrigerated, cubed).
Medium high heat, oil, brown sugar (although I think I didn’t add enough sugar), pork belly, dark soy, regular soy, Shao Xing wine, water to cover. Simmer two hours.
Shoyu Pork!
Didn’t come out as “red” as I would have hoped, and I didn’t reduce the sauce for that “mahogany” glaze, but The Cat said the taste was there.
With the extra sauce, I simmered dried sliced shiitake, wood ear fungus, and canned bamboo shoot.
Side Dish
I thought about doing everything together but decided against it, the flavors might get all mixed up.
The Cat’s bento entrĂ©e this week. 🙂
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Food, One Pot, Pork, Vegetables, tagged Food, One Pot, Pork, squash on August 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Pork squash soup/stew. Not sure the origins of the dish. The Mouse suspects (but not confirmed), Filipino in origin.
From the farmers market.
Chinese Squash
From the grocery store.
Thick Cut Pork Belly
Think really thick bacon slices (raw ingredient).
Everyone into the Pot
Pork, squash, ear tree fungus, dried shiitake mushroom, salt, water, shoyu, splash of Crown Royal Apple Whiskey (Hee hee).
Braise for approximately 30-40 minutes.
Pork Squash Braise
Liquid kinda evaporated, not much soup nor “stew”. Still have a small winter melon in the refridge and half of the pork in the freezer for another try.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
Posted in Food, Pork, tagged Food, Pork, Shoyu Pork on June 6, 2017| 4 Comments »
Near perfect pork belly slices from the Korean grocery store.
Pork Belly
Almost like a siren calling, had to get ’em.
Par-boiled, washed. Water, shoyu, dark shoyu, sugar, liquor. Slow simmer for two hours.
Shoyu Pork!
“Like buttah”. Hee hee.
Enjoy. Eat well.
The Mouse
