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Pork Chow Mein
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Pork Chow Mein

Pork Chow Mein

Get ready for the Chinese New Year with these great noodles - and the quick little black bean sauce makes this ridiculous.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons black bean garlic sauce
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1/2 pound boneless pork (tenderloin or country style ribs work great), thinly sliced
  • 1/2 tablespoon of neutral oil*
  • *(unflavored oils such as canola, vegetable or peanut)
  • 1/4 pound sugar snap peas sliced diagonally
  • 1/2 pound shitake mushrooms
  • 4 oz chow mein noodles, cooked
  • green onions, chopped to garnish

Directions

  1. Combine black bean and soy sauce, set aside
  2. Heat sautéed pan on medium-high, add oil and pork and cook cooked until pork is just done, about 4 minutes ­ - remove pork mixture to a bowl
  3. In same pan, heat to high and add a little more oil
  4. Add peas and stir fry until crisp tender, about 3 minutes then add to pork mixture
  5. Return pan to heat again, add more oil and the shitakes, cook until softened, about 5 minutes
  6. Turn heat up to high, add the pork mixture and then the add soy/black bean - stir until heated through
  7. Add chow mein noodles, combine well, plate and garnish with green onions
  8. Serve
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