Originally Posted by
eagle
okay, this dish is easy BUT the ingredients are a little harder to find. once you buy your bottle of soy sauce paste, rock sugar (in a pinch, you can just add granulated sugar) and fried shallots, you are good to go for half a year or so!
rou zhao fan
this is a seasoned ground pork dish
a pound of ground pork
1/2 to 3/4 cup fried shallots
a splash of soy sauce (1-2T)
a good glob of soy sauce paste (1-2T)
a splash of rice wine
a dribble of sesame oil
white pepper
a chunk of rock sugar the size of... a large walnut in its shell
water
throw pork in a hot pan, cook and stir and break it up as it cooks. let it sizzle a bit and brown a bit. when it's cooked well, throw in the shallots, rock sugar, splash of wine. stir in sesame oil, soy sauce and soy sauce paste, add water to cover. season generously with white pepper. let it simmer, stirring occasionally. it should end up a little saucey, thickened by the pork fat, a bit sweet and savory. the pork fat coats grains of rice nicely.