Pork in Hot Peanut Sauce

Name: Pork in Hot Peanut Sauce
Total time: 2 h 16 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons peanut oil; 1/2 lb pork butt; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tablespoon fresh gingerroot, Minced; 1/2 cup preserved radish; 4 pieces bean curd (Canned, Firm); 2 green onions; 2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 1 tablespoon cider vinegar; 2 tablespoons sesame oil; 2 dried hot red chili peppers; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1/3 cup stock; 1/2 teaspoon msg (optional)

Submitted by bikerchick

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Ready In:: 2hrs 16mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 4

ingredients

3 tablespoons peanut oil
¹⁄₂ lb pork butt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon fresh gingerroot, Minced
¹⁄₂ cup preserved radish
4 pieces bean curd (Canned, Firm)
2 green onions
SAUCE
2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 dried hot red chili peppers
2 teaspoons sugar
¹⁄₃ cup stock
¹⁄₂ teaspoon msg (optional)

directions

Soak radish in warm water for 45 minutes.
Cut pork into 1/2" cubes.
Drain & rinse canned bean curd; cut into 1/2" cubes. (If using fresh bean curd, wrap it in clean dish towel and press it for 1 hour to make it more firm.
Wrap it tightly & use about a 5-pound weight.) Drain radish & cut into 1/2" cubes.
Cut green onions, including tops, into 2" lengths.
Sauce: In a cup, cream together peanut butter and soy sauce.
Slowly mix in remaining sauce ingredients.
Set aside.
Stir-frying: Add oil to hot wok.
When oil starts to smoke, add pork.
Stir-fry for about 1 minute.
Add garlic & ginger; stir-fry for another 30 seconds.
Transfer pork to saucepan; add peanut sauce; heat & simmer for 15 minutes, adding onions about mid-way.
Skim off excess oil.
Add more stock if sauce thickens.
Steaming: In Chinese steamer, steam radish &amp; bean curd on its serving plate for 15 minutes, just prior to serving.
When ready to serve, drain water off plate, and top vegetables with pork & peanut sauce.

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This was delicious and quick. I actually only made the sauce and cut pork chops into thin strips and stir fried them, and served the meat and sauce on rice. But it was very satisfying. I served it with sesame roasted asparagus from another user on this site.

Catloverr2003

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