Cantonese Pork Chops

The sauce from this is wonderful and can be doubled if desired, it can also be made ahead of time… this is a great recipe for pork chops. If you prefer a thicker sauce, mix 2 teaspoons cornstarch with 2 tablespoons cold water, then add to sauce.

Ma Po Tofu

Replication of a favourite dish at a local restaurant – Pork can be substituted the Turkey if you prefer. My partner, who is not a Tofu fan, loves this dish.

Pickled Asian Pears (Wor Mei Lei)

This is from Eileen Yin-Fei Lo’s “The Chinese Kitchen”, one of the finest classic Chinese cookbooks in English. In this reciped, she uses “sah leh” (sand pears) and recommends substituting Bosc pears, but I have done this with Asian pears, specifically Hosui or Niitaka. The desirable characteristic is a hard, crisp fruit. This is a wonderful appetizer or amuse bouche … You can either pickle the pears whole, or for an appetizer, you can julienne them.

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