This Chinese recipe is influence from several other recipes, and completely original and sadly not authentic Chinese. Although you will never find this anywhere else it is very tasty. It combines Sichuan Spicy Pork, with a spicier chilli garlic sauce that I used in my Firecracker Beef Recipe.

I also decided to coat the Pork in cornflour to give a nice texture, this can also be made with ground pork and not coated in cornflour if you prefer. Here is my version of Spicy Chilli -Sichuan Pork Balls.

Prep time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins

You Will Need:
600g Diced Pork
1 tsp of soy sauce
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Yellow Bell Pepper
2 Onions
4 Cloves of Garlic roughly chopped
1 ½ tsp of ginger puree or grated ginger
4 tbsp of chilli garlic sauce (you'll find that in an Asian Store)
2 tbsp Peanut butter
½ tsp of 5-spice
1 tablespoon Sichuan peppercorn, ground

2 Nests Medium Egg Noodles
2 tbsp Soy Sauce


To Cook:

1. Cut Pork into bite sized pieces. Add Pork to a bowl and mix with soy sauce and leave for 10-15 minutes to marinade in fridge.

2. Prepare peppers, onions, and garlic cutting to required and preferred sizes. Remember to peel and finely chop the ginger.

3. Add cornflour to the bowl of marinated pork. Covering it in a layer of corn flour so it will get crispy when fried.



4. Add 2 tbsp groundnut oil to a hot wok. Add pork for 3-4 minutes and fry until golden brown on the outside, remove pork and place in a bowl aside.

Bring a large pot of water to boil. (This will be for the noodles.) While the water is heating, go to the next step.

5. Now add onions, garlic and ginger to the wok. Fry until the onion starts to brown, and then add the pork and peppers into the wok with the onions garlic and ginger.



Fry for 1 minutes stirring vigorously. Add the chilli garlic sauce, peanut butter, Sichuan peppercorn and Chinese 5 spice.

6. Put the noodles into boiling water for 4 minutes or until cooked. Carry on stirring the wok with the spicy Sichuan pork.



7. Serve while hot. Divide noodles into individual bowls or put them all into a large bowl for sharing, pour a little soy sauce over noodles. Ladle the sauce and pork on top of noodles and top chopped peanuts.



As I Served it:
(I forgot to sprinkle the loosely cut peanuts on top)
Enjoy your Spicy Chilli Sichuan Pork Balls and noodles.

This recipe includes double cooking Beef skirt steak. It is to be served on a tangy cold noodle salad. A great mix of flavours ranging between the cold and the hot, and the sweet and the sour, and the spicy and the salty. The cut of Beef is vital in keeping the Beef juicy and succulent when cooking twice.

Prep time: 30 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins

You Will Need:
600g Beef Skirt

For Marinade:
1 tsp of soy sauce
2 tbsp of rice vinegar
2 tbsp of chilli garlic sauce (you'll find that in an Asian Store)
1/2 tsp of 5-spice
1/2 tsp of ginger puree or grated ginger
4 cloves of roughly chopped garlic
some black pepper to taste
1 tbsp of sesame oil


For Cold Noodle Salad:
400g Rice noodles
2 Carrots shredded
4tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
2tbsp Fish Sauce
1tbsp Vegetable Oil
Chopped Cashew Nuts
Chopped Coriander Leaves
2 Spring Onions


1. Cut Beef skirt into four pieces. Marinade Beef adding all ingredients and mix well. Place marinade and Beef in a bag in fridge for 1 hour.


2. Cook rice noodles in boiling water for 3 minutes, rinse with cold water. Drain well to prevent a wet salad.



3. Add 2 tsp of fish sauce, which is a fermented condiment, kind of like soy sauce. We're going to add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil, we're going to add 2 tbsp of rice vinegar, shredded carrot. Mix it up and refrigerate until needed.

4. Take the Beef, and save the marinade. Sear Beef in a flat dry pan for 2-3 minutes on each side until caramelised. Save beef drippings with marinade for later.



5. Leave Beef to cool to room temperature. Now slice the Beef against the grain, the center will still be pink and juicy.




6. We're going to add 2 more tbsp of rice vinegar, chopped cashews, chopped coriander leaves, chopped spring onions and toss together. The salad is ready as a base for this delicious firecracker beef.

7. Preheat the pan well, sear the beef slices for just a minute or two. Caramelize the outside of the beef and the inside is still going to be really juicy and delicious.

8. Add the hot slices back to the drippings and marinade briefly.

9. Serve and top the cold tangy noodle salad with the hot, spicy firecracker beef, maybe a little sprinkle of chopped cashews



As I Serve it:


Enjoy your Firecracker Beef and Cold Rice-Noodle Salad

This meal is pretty similiar to the Hoisin Chicken I cooked a couple of weeks ago, But I made too much sauce. I wanted to use it up, so here is the very tasty Hoisin Pork recipe.

Prep time: 25mins
Cooking Time: 15mins

You Will Need:
750g pork (preferably boneless cut)
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
6 tbsp hoi sin sauce
Salt and pepper
4 medium garlic cloves, smashed
12 ounces green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths
1 Bell Pepper
Thinly sliced spring onions
Toasted sesame seeds, for garnish, optional

Medium Egg Noodles


To Cook:

1. Cut up pork into bite-sized chunks. Marinade the Pork in ½ tbsp Hoisin sauce, 1tbsp soy sauce with salt and pepper. Leave in fridge for 20mins.

2. Prepare garlic, green beans, pepper and spring onions, cutting them however you like them. Boil the kettle ready for the noodles to cook in.

3. Heat the oil in the pan, until oil is hot. Fry Pork for about 5mins, then leave to the side, and leave the wok on the heat. Now quickly drop noodles into boiling water.



4. Add garlic, beans and pepper now until the garlic turns brown.



5. Add back the pork, rest of the hoi sin sauce and the spring onions. Stir fry for a minute and take out the noodles. Add soy sauce to the noodles before serving immediately.


As I Served Hoisin Pork w/Noodles

In Mandarin, Wontons are called; 馄饨 húntún "irregularly shaped dumpling" and also popularly called 云吞 yúntūn "swallowing clouds" in both Mandarin and Cantonese. However the English word actually derives from the Cantonese word 雲吞 wàntān.
Wontons are wonderfully wrapped in a silky wheat based sheet. This is a recipe I have heavily borrowed aspects from Phoebe over at Homemade Chinese Soups. I thank her for all the great tips for a beginner like me and the Pork wonton noodle soup tasted delicious. I ended up having plenty of Wontons to freeze for the next time.

Prep time: 1 ½ hours (first time preparing wontons took longer than expected)
Cooking Time: 2 hours (soup) 5 mins (Wontons & Noodles )

You Will Need:

1 Pack of 50 or (2 Packs) 100 Wonton Wrappers (depending on wrapping style)
4 Medium Egg Noodle Nests

Wonton Filling:
600g Minced Pork
2 Spring Onions
3 cloves Garlic
8g Ginger
¾ Cup of water
Seasonings for filling
1.5 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp pepper
1 tbsp sesame seed oil

Soup:
Bunch of Spring Onions
3 Carrots
2 Onions
2 Sticks of Celery
1 litre Pork Stock
1 litre Water
½ Cup of Soy Sauce
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper



To Cook:

1. Put the pork stock in the saucepan with the water and bring to the boil. Add soy sauce and the cut-up vegetables to the soup. Leave to simmer for 2 hours.



2. Whilst the soup is simmering away chop spring onions into sections, cut up garlic and ginger small. Add the minced pork, and all the seasoning and fillings into a food processor, blend until really well mixed.

3. Now wrap the wontons:

• Place a wonton wrapper on a dry clean cutting board

• Place 1 teaspoon of filling in the center of the wrapper

• Take another piece of wonton wrapper and lay it over the filling

• Press the top wrapper gently but firmly over the filling, working out any air between filling and wonton wrapper
• Use a little water to seal the edges




4. Leave wontons aside under a damp towel, and leave in the fridge to prevent the wonton wrappers drying out.



5. Once all the wrappers are filled and completed. You are ready to cook the noodles and wontons.

6. Bring soup to the boil for the last 5 minutes. Add noodles in a colander to the soup.

7. Add wontons to a separate saucepan with boiling water; initially the wontons sink to the bottom until they cooked, when they will float. It takes about 5 mins.



8. Add the noodles to a bowl, Pour the soup ontop and add the wontons.



Recipe Sourced from:
http://www.homemade-chinese-soups.com/wonton-soup-recipe.html

Sichuan spicy Pork comes from the Sichuan region in China and can be cooked in chilli oil, and lots of added chillies to give it extra kick. This version is a little tame, but feel free to add extra spice.

Prep time: 20mins
Cooking Time: 15mins

You Will Need:
75g Cashew Nuts
700g Pork
3tbsp Groundnut Oil
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Yellow Bell Pepper
100g Bean sprouts
2 Carrots
4 Cloves Garlic
2 slices of ginger
Pak Choy

Plenty of Red chilli flakes
3tbsp Soy sauce
2tbsp Rice wine vinegar
Star Anise / otherwise five spices will do
3tbsp Sesame Paste / Smooth Peanut Butter (optional)

To serve:
700g Thin Rice Noodles
Chopped Spring Onions to serve (optional)
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce (optional)


1. Cut up pork into bite-sized chunks. Prepare all the vegetables too, cutting up however you like them.



2. Dry-fry the cashew nuts in a wok, and keep them moving until golden brown. Place them aside, put groundnut oil into pan, and put the pork straight into the pan to fry until brown.



3. Add garlic and ginger now, with chilli flakes and star anise. And stir-fry for 1 minute, then add all the other vegetables and add soy sauce and rice vinegar.



4. Place a second Wok on heat and add more groundnut oil. Add the stems to your pak choy into the wok and fry for no longer than 3 minutes, keep an eye on your other pan with the stir fry, after they are done add into the stir fry.


5. Add rice noodles to the second wok that had the pak choy in, fry for 1-2 minutes, and add soy sauce.

6. Add the pak choy leaves to the stir-fry for the last minute, or fry them separate to serve.


As I Serve it...