FOOCHOW BAMBOO SHOOT PORK

This dish is cooked 

with fresh bamboo shoot bought from the market

When you cannot find fresh ones

subsitute with canned bamboo shoot

Bamboo Shoot Pork

Have you ever tasted

 this traditional Foochow dish?

My late mother-in-law's 

favourite dish

served ONLY

during Chinese New Year re-union!

She used the de-hydrated Bamboo shoot from China

soaked it for days 

before stewing with pork slices

She usually cooked very large portion

and

we could only finish by the end of the 

CNY 

celebration

Believe me,

it tastes better each day after re-heating!

Dried bamboo shoots are not easy to come by.

I use fresh ones if I happen to find in the wet market

if not

canned ones are fine 

Ingredients:

300g pork belly, cut in bite size

1/2 can bamboo shoot, sliced coarsely

3 Tbsp foochow rice wine residue

few slices of ginger

1 Tbsp sugar

1.5 tsp salt

pepper to taste

1 Tbsp cooking oil

1) heat oil & fry ginger slice until fragrant

2) add pork slices and fry until meat shrinks

3) add rice wine residue, taking care not to burn

4) add water & simmer until meat is tender and gravy thickens

5) add bamboo shoot, salt, sugar & pepper to taste

6) serve