Miso minced pork with shiitake mushroom

This is my version of the Taiwanese style minced pork dish. I use miso paste instead of tau-pan jiang (Chinese soybean paste). It is yummy with a bowl of steamed jasmine rice.

Ingredients

1 lb minced pork
Vegetable oil
2 cloves minced garlic
1 teaspoon minced ginger
2 teaspoons corn starch
2 teaspoons miso paste
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons of dark soy sauce
2 teaspoons mirin
2 tablespoons cooking wine
salt and pepper to taste
4-5 shiitake mushrooms sliced (fresh or dried, if they are dried, soak them in water until soften


1. Mix ground pork with corn starch, miso paste, mirin, soy sauce, sugar.

2. Heat oil in pan and add ginger and garlic.

3. Add the minced pork mixture and stir to break up the lumps.

4. Add the shiitake mushroom, dark soy sauce and cooking wine when the minced pork if half-cooked.

5. Stir until minced pork is fully cooked, about 8-10 minutes.

6. Serve on a bowl of hot steamed rice.

Sesame meatball

This is a variation of chicken nugget, except I made it with pork and season with miso, and roll the meatball in sesame seeds.

Ingredients

1/2 lb ground pork
1 teaspoon of dashi miso
1 teaspoon of corn starch
bunch of spinach
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
pinch of sugar
1 egg
1/2 clove of garlic

Sesame seeds


1. Process ground pork, miso, corn starch, spinach, lemon juice, sugar, egg and garlic in a food processor.

2. Roll the mixture in your palm and roll in sesame seeds.

3. Heat oil in pan and pan fry meatball until cook.

4. Serve with rice and vegetables.