Pork cheeks stir-fried w/ angled loofah, purple asparagus, young garlic and stuff.
Eaten w/ white rice.
Pork cheeks [from Goose the Market], sliced somewhat thinly against the grain.
Medium-hot oil/pan, sliced young garlic (see here too), julienned ginger, chopped scallions - mostly the white parts; mixture fried for a bit till it just began to get golden. Sliced pork added, tossed/stirred around. A mixture of oyster sauce [LKK], fish sauce [Red Boat], dash of sesame oil [Dragonfly], ground white pepper, plus this-and-that added in. Stirred/tossed. Angled loofah (Luffa acutangula) [East Asia Market] de-ridged & sliced into sticks added in. Stirred. Splashes of water as needed. Sliced un-deseeded hot finger chillies [Patel Brothers] & sliced purple asparagus [Nading Farm] & the rest of the chopped scallions (mostly green parts) then went in, everything tossed around/covered/uncovered for a wee bit more. Served over rice w/ some of the sauce.
(The purple color of the asparagus fades quite quickly)
Pic of some of the ingredients.
(Ignore the white beech mushrooms - I decided to leave them out)
