Category Archives: Pork

Pork Recipes

Fish Fragrant Eggplant

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Robin

Another classic from Sichuan. There’s no fish or fragrance of fish in there, it’s just a reference to the sauce that originally was used in a famous fish recipe. Like most classics there are hundreds of variations on the dish, … Continue reading →

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Dan Dan Noodles (担担面)

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Robin

I call this the spaghetti Bolognese from Sichuan: very popular around the world and everybody makes his own version. With less or more ingredients, sesame-paste or not, peanuts or not, lots of oil, spicy, not spicy, pork or beef and … Continue reading →

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Chinese Meatballs

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Robin

These are inspired by a dish I didn’t even like when living in China, Lion’s Head Meatballs, but I wanted to recreate anyway. The only thing I didn’t do was steaming them for an hour and a half and I … Continue reading →

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Cold Pork in Hot and Garlicky Sauce (蒜泥白肉)

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Robin

  The pork in this sichuanese dish is traditionally a piece of pork butt, half fat and half lean, simply boiled in water with some fresh ginger and spring onion. But I’m not that much into fat meat and boiling … Continue reading →

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Heston Blumenthal’s Perfect Spaghetti Bolognese

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Robin

As much as I loved to watch Heston Blumenthal in Search of Perfection, I didn’t really feel like trying any of his recipes. Maybe because I’m not British and I just don’t care about bangers & mash, fish & chips or chicken tikka … Continue reading →

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