Braised pork with shrimp sauce

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 pounds Pork
Water to cover
1 Onion
1 Scallion stalk
2 Cloves garlic
2½ cup Water
2 tablespoons Oil
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Shrimp paste
1 tablespoon Sugar

Directions

1. Place pork in a pan with water. Bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Drain, discarding liquid. Cut pork in 1-inch cubes.

2. Slice onion. Cut scallion stalk in 2-inch sections. Crush garlic.

Meanwhile bring remaining water to a boil.

3. Heat oil in a large heavy pan. Add onion, scallion and garlic and stir-fry to brown lightly. Add cubed pork and brown lightly.

4. Stir in soy sauce and shrimp paste to blend (about 1 minute). Then add boiling water and sugar. Simmer, covered, until meat is tender (about 40 minutes).

From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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