Dou Miao

Just cut dou miao into mostly leaves, get rid of stems, fry with oil, salt and chicken essence on high heat until soft. Serve

Zha Cai Rou Si (Shredded Pork with Vegetable Noodles)

From momma’s kitchen

1. Thin slice hard tofu and pork
2. Marinate pork with soy sauce, rice wine, corn starch
3. High heat, fry tofu in oil w pinch of salt
4. Take out, put in meat and then zha cai packet to fry (after pouring off the juice first)
5. Add teaspoon of sugar
6. Take out and serve

Tender pork . . . mmmm

Pork: cut pork into very thin slices, dip into boiling water until just cooked but still tender and soft and take out

Sauce: soy sauce, soy sauce “gau” paste, homemade chili oil, sesame oil, vinegar, pinch of sugar

Homemade chili oil: put oil into hot pan, sprinkle chili powder in very small amounts at a time (be careful that it doesn’t burn)

Passed first year of med school!

Passed the Neuroscience final! Hooray! That means I’m finally done with the first year. And now to celebrate, I’ve got my pepper steak and dou miao for lunch with an ice cold green tea sitting in front of the TV watching the heat/mavs final. Ahhh, this is the life . . . if only I could do all of this at the beach . . .