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Title: Chinese Pork and Peppers (Burros) Categories: Chinese, Meats Yield: 2 Servings Stephen Ceideburg 12 oz Whole onion or: 11 oz Chopped ready-cut onion 2 ts Canola oil 1 lg Clove garlic 8 oz Pork tenderloin 16 oz Whole red, yellow and green -peppers 4 oz Whole mushrooms 1 tb Fresh or frozen ginger 1/8 ts To 1/4 ts hot-pepper flakes 3 tb Dry sherry 1 tb Reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 tb Water 1 tb Cornstarch 1/2 c No-salt-added beef broth 1. Chop whole onions and saute in hot oil in a nonstick skillet. 2. Mince garlic, and add to onion. 3. Trim fat from the tenderloin, and cut the meat into 2 or 3 inch strips, 1/4 inch wide. Add to pan and cook until brown on both sides. 4. Wash, trim, seed and slice whole peppers into thin strips, about 1/4 inch wide. Add to pan, and continue cooking over medium heat. 5. Wash, trim and slice whole mushrooms, and grate ginger. Add mushrooms, ginger, hot-pepper flakes, sherry and soy sauce to pan, and cook until mushrooms begin to soften. 6. Stir one tablespoon of water into the cornstarch to make a paste; stir in remaining water, and mix with beef broth. Add to pan, and cook over low heat, stirring, until mixture thickens. Approximate nutritional analysis per serving: 370 calories, 10 grams fat, 80 milligrams cholesterol, 350 milligrams sodium, 30 grams protein, 35 grams carbohydrate. Marian Burros writing in the New York Times, 9/22/93. Courtesy Helen Fleischer. Posted by Stephen Ceideburg From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini |