Food Trivia Question from the Oriental Oasis Newsletter
TRIVIA QUESTION: I am an extremely popular Szechuan dish. My name comes from the fact that the meat is first boiled, and then stir-fried. Both colorful and spicy, I am made with green and red peppers, and my meat is flavored with hoisin sauce and salted black beans. What am I?
TRIVIA ANSWER: Twice Cooked Pork. This is an authentic Szechuan dish,
so much so that it is said if you go to a restaurant featuring authentic Szechuan cuisine
and they do not serve this dish, you should leave. The Chinese name for Twice Cooked Pork
is Hui Guo Rou.
Recipe:
Twice Cooked Pork
