Minced Pork and Shiitake Noodles

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 8 to 10 shiitake mushrooms, stems discarded and finely chopped
• 3 to 4 medium shallots, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons sake
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 stalks scallions, chopped

Preparation

Step 1

(Boil your noodles while you cook the pork.)

Heat the vegetable oil in a wok or large sauté pan over high heat. Cook the ground pork, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove the pork and set aside.

Add the shittakes and shallots and cook until they begin to turn golden brown, about 5 minutes. Return the cook to the pan. Add the sake, wait a minute while the alcohol loosens the nice pork drippings on the pan, then add the soy sauce. Let everything simmer for another minute, then remove from the pan.

Serve pork and mushrooms over drained noodles, and garnish with scallions.