The total cooking time for this Asian pork recipe is less than 15 minutes. If you have some time during the day, you can pre-cut and pre-measure your ingredients and when it’s time to get supper on the table, it’ll happen in no time!
Peanutty Moo-shu Pork
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 pound pork tenderloin sliced into thin strips
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 4 tsp peanut oil
- 4 large eggs slightly beaten
- kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound shiitake mushrooms sliced
- 1 1/2 Tbsp fresh minced ginger
- 1/2 head napa cabbage shredded
- 6 scallions julienned
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 4 tsp peanut oil
- 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
- Small flour tortillas
- Hoisin Sauce
Instructions
- Combine pork and cornstarch in a bowl, stir and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Combine garlic, mushrooms, ginger, cabbage, and scallions on a plate and set aside.
- In a small bowl stir together the soy sauce, rice vinegar, oyster sauce and sesame oil.
- Heat 1 t. peanut oil in a non-stick skillet.
- Pour in eggs and cook without stirring for several minutes.
- Place on a cutting board, roll and cut into small strips.
- Wipe out skillet and add the remaining 3 t. of peanut oil.
- Heat over medium heat until hot and add pork. Cook for about 4 minutes until pork is almost done. Remove pork to a plate.
- Add mushrooms to the skillet and cook for about 4 minutes.
- Then add pork, cabbage mixture, soy sauce mixture, and eggs and cook for 2-3 minutes until heated through.
- Put moo shu pork in a bowl and top with peanuts.
- Serve with warmed tortillas and hoisin sauce.
I made this last night and it was greeted with great enthusiasm by my husband and son – delicious! I served with noodles rather than in tortillas but was still good. Thanks again!