Recipe - Red-Simmered Pork With Mushrooms

1 pound Pork
1 cup Water
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon Sherry
One half teaspoon Sugar
One half teaspoon Salt
One half pound Fresh mushrooms

1. Cut pork in 2inch cubes and place with water in a heavy pan. Bring
to a boil, then simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid.

2. Add soy sauce to pork in pan. Cook over low heat, turning meat
frequently until soy sauce is absorbed. Stir in sherry, sugar aod salt.

3. Return reserved liquid and reheat; then simmer, covered, 20 minutes,
turning meat once or twice.

4. Stem fresh mushrooms; arrange caps under pork cubes and simmer,
covered, 20 minutes more.

VARIATIONS: For the fresh mushrooms, substitute 6 to 8 dried black
mushrooms (soaked); or One half pound round cabbage, cut in wedges.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.