Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Steamed Pork with Black Beans and Garlic - Hong Kong Style, My Mom in Law's Recipe

Steamed Pork with Garlic & Black Beans - Hong Kong Home Style Cooking
I am so blessed with a MIL whose cooking I absolutely ADORE! She makes dishes that are tastier than those from the restaurants! Last weekend, she made us this absolutely delicious steamed pork dish and I was right by her side taking notes.

What's so special about the dish? She doesn't use pork ribs, because she raised 3 naughty boys who wouldn't eat anything with bone in them. She used "mui tao sao yuk" part, and we get juicy tender bits (daam daam yuk) with tasty sauce that could make us eat 10 bowls of rice.

Here's her recipe:
- Pork meat (about HK$15 worth from Park & Shop - sadly, sometimes cheaper than local wet markets). You can replace the pork with chicken, or tofu puffs as vegetarian option
- a handful of Chinese fermented black beans, rinsed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- a dash of oil
- 2 tsp corn starch
- a dash of light soy sauce
- chopped fresh chillies and spring onion

Throw everything into a plate like this:
Steamed Pork with Garlic & Black Beans - Hong Kong Home Style Cooking

Mix well.
Steamed Pork with Garlic & Black Beans - Hong Kong Home Style Cooking

Add chopped chillies. She added on just half of the dish, to accommodate those who can't eat hot stuff.
Steamed Pork with Garlic & Black Beans - Hong Kong Home Style Cooking

Steam for 15 minutes.
Steamed Pork with Garlic & Black Beans - Hong Kong Home Style Cooking

Garnish with spring onion.
Steamed Pork with Garlic & Black Beans - Hong Kong Home Style Cooking
Serve with lotsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss of rice.

Hong Kong classic flavors at its best.

10 comments:

  1. YUmmy ! Lucky you! A MIL who can cook :-)I'm taking notes myself:-)

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  2. That looks so mouthwatering. Yummm!

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  3. That looks so good! Are the black beans the dried kind or the fermented Chinese kind?

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  4. Hi Fiona, ah yes! I will update in the post. It is the Chinese fermented black beans

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  5. I love how you've made the colors of that dish really pop! Looks delicious.

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  6. My hubby's fav as well. You reminded me that I should make it soon for him!

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  7. Wonderful! I am scratching my head at what to cook! Thank you for sharing this recipie!

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