Woo Can Cook | Mu Shu Pork (PF Chang's)
hello hi hello everyone! Wesley here, this is a recipe adding to our series on Chinese American food hacks, based on the mu shu pork from PF Chang's. This was a fun one to deconstruct cause PF Chang's mu shu pork makes a lot of the decisions in their recipe that you will find in a typical americanized mu shu pork, so it was super fun to take apart and identify the American qualities that come up.
As always, I also took a shot at my own version of mu shu pork, which is loosely based off of my mom's recipe from when I was a kid. As it turns out after discussing this further with my parents, what we were eating was not mu shu pork at all, but a similar dish called hecai daimo, which loosely translates to mixed veggies with an (egg) hat. In addition to the differences in plating, it also prominently features the use of vermicelli rice noodles, which I've never seen anywhere outside of my parent's house. Hope you try it.
Woo Can Cook is a series where we reproduce fun foods and recipes from my childhood. Some of them are authentically Chinese and/or pan-Asian, but a lot of them are odd Americanized versions that I inherited from my parents and grandparents while growing up in the Bay Area/California.
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PF Chang's Version
INGREDIENTS
- 1 boneless pork loin
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp ginger
- 1/4 head white cabbage
- 2 green onions
- 2 carrots
- 1/4 cup cucumber (about 1 1/2 inches of cucumber)
- 1/2 cup bean sprouts
- 8 oz can bamboo shoots
- 2 wood ear mushrooms
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 1 tsp corn starch
- vegetable oil
- mu shu skins (or flour tortillas)
INGREDIENTS (marinade)
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp shaoxing wine
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
INGREDIENTS (sauce)
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp doubanjiang
- 2 tbsp shaoxing wine
- kosher salt
- hoisin sauce
PREP
- CRUSH and MINCE garlic, set aside
- FINE MINCE ginger, set aside
- THINLY SLICE pork loin, set aside
- SLICE cabbage, set aside
- SEPARATE greens and whites of green onions and slice, set aside
- JULIENNE carrots and cucumbers, set aside
- REHYDRATE wood ear mushrooms in boiling water for 10 minutes, then slice, set aside
- WHISK eggs, then add 1 tbsp corn starch and 1 tsp of corn starch, set aside
- COMBINE pork with all marinade ingredients, and marinate for 30 minutes or up to an hour
- COMBINE all sauce ingredients except hoisin, and set aside
ON THE STOVE
- HEAT wok as hot as possible, then add 4 tbsp vegetable oil, long yao
- ADD pork, reserving the liquid of the marinade, toss until 90% cooked (about 2 minutes), then remove
- WIPE down wok, reheat, add 4 more tbsp vegetable oil, and long yao
- ADD garlic, ginger, and whites of green onions, and sauté until fragrant (about 15 seconds)
- ADD cabbage and carrots, toss and sauté for 1-2 minutes until slightly tender
- ADD mushrooms, bean sprouts, and bamboo shoots, and toss with 3 tbsp of sauce mixture, saute for 1-2 minutes
- ADD pork back to the wok, followed by cucumbers and remaining sauce mixture
- TOSS until combined, and remove
- WIPE down wok, reheat, add 4 more tbsp vegetable oil, and long yao
- ADD egg mixture to the wok, and rotate the wok until as much of the egg makes contact with the wok as possible
- FLIP the egg, then remove onto a cutting board
- SLICE the egg into strips, then add to the stir fry off heat
- SERVE over mu shu skins (or flour tortillas), and finish with greens of green onions and hoisin sauce
Woo Can Cook (live) | Moo Shu Pork (Hecai Daimao)
hello hi everyone! Tonight we're making Chinese Moo Shu Pork or Chinese tacos as some folks know them. The version we are making today is based off of the way my mom makes it, which is known as Hecai Daimao, or mixed veggies with a hat (referring to the egg topping finish). It looks a little bit different from the Moo Shu pork that you are more familiar with, as it prominently features vermicelli rice noodles. There is no recipe for tonight's dinner, but if you have vermicelli noodles, veggies, and flour tortillas, you should be able to follow along with no problem.
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S2Ep76-Mu Shu Chicken 木須雞
RECIPE BELOW: This is a very popular dish served at a lot of Chinese restaurants. It's super delicious and simple to make at home, you can have as many wrappers as you like! The cabbage and wood ears add a nice crunch along with the earthy flavor of the hoisin sauce. ENJOY!
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
• 6-8 oz chicken breast, cut into strips
• 8 oz Cabbage, shredded
• 2 Eggs
• 2 dried Black fungus/wood ears, shredded
• 3 Garlic cloves, minced
• 1 knob ginger, minced
• 3 Green onions, sliced, cut in quarters
• 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine
• 1 Tsp sesame oil
• 1 Tsp seasoning salt mix-Watch video-S1Ep76-
• 1/2 Tsp Black pepper
• 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
• Oil for cooking
• Mu Shu wrappers-as many as you like-steam or microwave to warm up
• Hoisin sauce-to taste
Marinade:
• 1 Tsp seasoning salt mix-Watch video-S1Ep76-
• 1 Tsp Shaoxing wine
• 1 Tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 Tsp white pepper
**Always wash & rinse vegetables before using
**Always adjust the seasonings to your personal taste
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How to Make Beijing-Style Vegetarian Moo Shu (recipe) 炒合菜
A Northern Chinese style vegetarian moo shu that uses colorful crunchy vegetables and scrambled eggs to create the best texture, served on a thin flour pancake brushed with a savory sweet sauce. It is very easy to put together and extremely satisfying to eat. Serve it as a main course for the best vegetarian dinner!. Recipe ➡︎
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INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons dried wood ear mushrooms
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon brown sugar (or sugar)
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
2 1/2 tablespoons peanut oil
3 eggs, beaten with a pinch of salt
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 carrot, sliced into thin strips
1/2 lb (225 g) bean sprouts
1 pepper of your choice (bell pepper, anaheim pepper, or hot pepper), sliced into thin strips
12 stalks garlic chives, chopped into 2” (5 cm) pieces (or 3 green onions, sliced into 2” / 5 cm sticks then halved)
6 to 8 Moo shu pancakes (homemade or store-bought or flour tortillas)
Sweet bean paste (or hoisin sauce)
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