PORK WITH STRAW MUSHROOMS

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Number Of Ingredients 16

1/4 pound boneless pork loin or leg
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
dash white pepper
8 ounces chinese pea pods
3 green onions, (with tops)
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
2 (8-ounce) cans straw mushrooms drained
1 (8-ounce) jar sliced bamboo shoots drained
1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
1/4 cup chicken broth

Steps:

Trim fat from pork loin cut pork with grain into 2 x 1-inch strips. Cut strips across grain into 1/8-inch slices. Toss pork, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, the salt, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, the sugar and white pepper in medium bowl. Cover and refrigerate 20 minutes. Remove strings from pea pods. Place pea pods in boiling water. Cover and cook 1 minute drain. Immediately rinse in cold water drain. Cut green onions diagonally into 2-inch pieces. Mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch and the water.Heat wok until very hot. Add vegetable oil tilt wok to coat side. Add pork and garlic stir-fry 2 minutes or until pork is no longer pink Add mushrooms, bamboo shoots and dark soy sauce stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in broth heat to boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixture cook and stir until thickened. Add green onions and pea pods cook and stir 30 seconds.6 servingsFrom "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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