I’m a sucker for fried noodles, so chow fun is one of my favorite dishes to order out—and to prepare at home. This recipe takes a while to prepare (mostly because of the time it takes to braise the pork), but it’s not difficult at all.
Use the biggest wok or frying pan you have—preferably non-stick or with a thick bottom, as the noodles have a tendency to stick.
Pork and Onion Chow Fun
(serves 2-3)
Ingredients
1 ½ lbs. pork shoulder
2 tablespoons neutral oil, divided
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ lb. chow fun noodles (can substitute fettuccine)
2 tablespoons sesame oil, divided
½ teaspoon Chinese five-spice
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoon oyster sauce, divided
2 medium yellow onions, sliced
¼ teaspoon salt
1 bunch green onions, roughly chopped
Directions
Cut the pork into one-inch chunks, discarding the large pieces of fat.
Sprinkled the pork with the black pepper, then brown it over medium-high heat in 1 tablespoon of the neutral oil.
Add enough water to cover the pork, then braise, covered, for 1 hour, at a simmer. Add more water, if it starts to dry out.
While the pork is braising, cook the noodles in boiling water until still al dente, then drain. Return the noodles to the pot and toss with 1 tablespoon of the toasted sesame oil. Set aside.
Once the pork has cooked for an hour, add the five-spice, garlic, ginger, vinegar, sugar, and 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, then cover and continue to simmer for 15 more minutes.
Dump the pork into a large bowl, then heat 1 tablespoon of neutral oil in the same pan over medium heat. Add the sliced yellow onions and the ¼ teaspoon of salt to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally so they don’t burn, until starting to brown. Add 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, and cook for another minute or two.
Dump the onions into the bowl with the pork.
In the same pan, add 1 tablespoon of sesame oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add the noodles and fry, stirring often, till they start to brown. Add more oil (sesame or neutral), if necessary, as you fry the noodles.
Dump the pork and yellow onions into the pan with the noodles, stir until mixed, and continue to fry for a couple minutes, until everything is heated through.
Stir the chopped green onions into the noodles and pork, then serve.
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Thank you for the Pork and Onion Chow Fun recipe. Never had it before, but we love everything in the recipe. The smells I imagined as reading the recipe definitely said TRY THIS. I'm sure I will be - soon.
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Yes, the house did smell pretty darn good, 'cause of all the pork, onions, and spices! And it tasted great, too!
DeleteThis does sound good.
ReplyDeleteI see you cooked the meat with the bone in for extra flavor. Nice.
Do you find cooking with sesama oil, as opposed to flavoring with it (adding at the end), diminishes the flavor of the oil?
It likely diminishes the flavor some, but I don't want to cook it in a lot of neutral oil and then have to add more (sesame) oil at the end, as that would make the dish far too oily.
DeleteExcellent point.
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