Steam Minced Pork With Dry Octopus

Putonghua : Chang yu zeng rou beng

Ingredients
Minced Fat-lean Pork  250 g                Dry Octopus  80 g             Dry Black Mushroom  2-3 pcs

Seasoning
Light Soy Sauce  1 tbsp             Oyster Sauce 1 tbsp                Dark Soy Sauce  1/3 tbsp
Chicken Powder  1/3 tbsp                 Sugar  1/2 tbsp                 Pepper Powder  some
Salt  1/3 tbsp             Sesame Oil   some

Steps
1) Soak dry octopus 2 hours until soft, wash to remove dirt skin and its eye, chop into tiny dices
2) Soak dry black mushroom by hot water 3 hours until totally soft, remove stalk, chop into tiny dices
3) Pour all dices into big container, add in minced pork, add in seasoning, stir and mix by hand
4) Marinate minced-mixed pork for 30 minutes, pour pork dough onto a chopping block
5) Chop the pork dought by a chopper, re-covering and chopping for 5 minutes, mix all well
6) Place the chopped-mixed minced pork onto a flat dish or container, flatten the dough
7) Put into a steam case and steam in middle heat for 10 minutes, serve together with rice

8) Option : steam minced pork with dry salt fish …..

9) Option : steam minced pork with preserved salty egg yolk …..

10) Option : steam minced pork with Chinese preserved dry sausage….

Other options : —- Potherb dry-sweety-salty cabbage, sweetcorn and carot, lotus root, minced shrimps………

Remarks
tbsp – table spoon

To flatten the minced pork on step 6th, using your fingers but not any tools like spoon….

This recipe is specially requested by Mrs Misuko Sato, Kobe Japan