The magic of cooking lies in making very “simple” food taste amazing. During shelter-in-place, I’m finding that cooking keeps me sane.
Ingredients (makes 2 servings):
- 1 English cucumber, sliced diagonally
- 4-6 ounces of ground pork
- 1 tablespoon of fermented black beans
- 4 cloves of minced garlic
- Quarter of an onion, minced
- 2 eggs
- 2 pieces of bacon
- 1 stalk of green onions, chopped
- Rice
- Canola oil for cooking
- Salt for taste
- 1 -2 tablespoons of soy sauce (divided)
- 1 tablespoon of Laoganma pepper sauce (optional)
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
Tips:
- This dish can be modified to be vegetarian (just lose the bacon and the ground pork)!
Directions:
- Cut your cucumber into slices; go slow and try to make them all the same thickness.
- Mince the garlic and onions.
- Chop the green onions.
- Heat up a non-stick pan (no oil needed).
- Cook the ground pork in the pan; use your spatula to separate the ground pork into small pieces.
- Add salt, some of the soy sauce, and the sugar and stir fry the meat until cooked; set aside.
- In the same pan, throw in half of the garlic and the onions; cook until onions are fragrant and translucent; set aside. (You can put them with the cooked meat).
- In the same pan, heat up the canola oil.
- Place the cucumber into the pan, add the black beans and cook on a medium to low heat; oscillate between moving the cucumber around and putting the lid on to let them cook. (This will take about 10 minutes)
- While the cucumber is cooking, heat up a different non-stick pan.
- Place the two pieces of bacon into the second pan and wait for the fat to come out a little bit.
- Crack one egg onto each bacon piece.
- Sprinkle some of the green onions onto the yolks.
- Flip the egg/bacon when they feel solid and cook for 2 more minutes; turn off the stove and move the pan off of the stove.
- Back to the cucumber, by now, the cucumber should be nice and soft. Add a pinch of salt and the rest of the soy sauce.
- Add the ground pork and onions into the pan with the cucumber.
- Cook for a few more minutes; add the Laoganma sauce.
- Place the egg/bacon and the cucumber over rice in a bowl.
- Ready to serve!
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