The Daring Kitchen - Moo Shu Pork

This months challenge was done without "The Boy" due to schedule issues but I had guest sous chef Nancy over to assist.

The October Daring Cooks' Challenge was hosted by Shelley of C Mom Cook and her sister Ruth of The Crafts of Mommyhood. They challenged us to bring a taste of the East into our home kitchens by making our own Moo Shu, including thin pancakes, stir fry and sauce.

To be honest, I was not all that excited about this challenge. I like Moo Shu pork but really had no desire to make it. Which is a good think about the Daring Kitchen website, it definitely makes you get out of your box.

Making the dough is really easy with the only hiccup on the first pancake which wasn't rolled thin enough. I found you had to almost make them see through to get a decent pancake. Just eating the pancake was not all that exciting but could get a sense of potential.




Sous Chef Nancy did all of the chopping of the vegetables and pork while I made the sauce. I did not put any hot sauce into it to begin with. A couple of taste tests indicated the need. Probably could have put in a little more but it tasted okay. Still wasn't getting a sense that the whole thing was going to come out and was seriously thinking about getting a pizza on the way.




Stir frying everything was incredibly easy and didn't take long. I don't own a wok but a heavy cast iron shallow pot worked very well. Taste test were showing the need for some garlic which was added. Either hunger was getting to us or this stuff was starting to taste pretty darn good. Plated and took pictures than dug into a dish that really works well together. The combination was really better than the sum of the parts.




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