Monday, September 17, 2007

Chairman Mao's Red-Braised Pork

Ingredients:
1 pound pork belly
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
¾-inch piece fresh ginger, sliced
Star anise
2 dried red chilies
Small cinnamon stick
Soy sauce, salt and sugar
Scallion greens

Directions:

Plunge pork belly into a pan of boiling water and simmer until partially cooked (3-4 minutes). Remove and cut into bite-size chunks. Heat oil and sugar in a wok over medium heat until sugar melts, then raise the heat and stir until sugar turns caramel brown. Add pork and Shaoxing wine. Add ginger, star anise, chilies, cinnamon, and enough water to cover pork. Bring to a boil, then simmer (40-50 minutes). Turn up heat to reduce sauce, and season with soy sauce, salt, and sugar. Garnish with scallion greens.

Servings: Serving size varies.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

I hate cooking

As a restaurant/take out regular, a 89 pounds lady became 130 pounds woman.
As a restaruant/take out regular, a size 0 lady became size 8/10 woman.

Yes - I'm talking about myslef
I love to eat
I love all kinds of food
I know how to cook
but
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I hate cooking!