Chinese Buddhist Hand Pork-Nappa - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 lb. nappa (Stop and Shop)
    15 toothpicks
    12 oz. ground pork
    1 egg
    2 scallions
    1 tsp. salt
    1/2 c. water
    1/2 c. milk
    1/2 c. vegetable oil
Preparation
    Boil 6 cups of water in a large pan.
    Separate nappa into leaves.
    Put nappa into water until it blanches (1 minute). Remove.
    Chop scallions.
    Mix with ground pork. Be sure nappas strong side is outside.
    Slice lengthwise to remove extra fiber. Cut (slice) top off in middle, about 3 inches down.
    Add 1 tablespoon pork near the top.
    Gently slice nappas lower half 3 or 4 times.
    Enclose pork.
    Fasten with toothpick.
    Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, vegetable oil and pork.
    Boil 15 minutes.
    Add 1/2 cup milk.
    Boil 3 minutes.
    Stir.
    Serve.

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