hello hi everyone! Wesley here. Today we’re diving back into our series dedicated to Chinese comfort food classics with a shot at one of my absolute favorite noodle dishes from my childhood, which is a rice cake and pork stir fry known as “chao nian gao.” For those unfamiliar, a chao nian gao most prominently features a sliced coin shaped rice cake known as nian gao, which has been stir fried with strips of pork loin and veggies (today we’ll be doing ours with baby bok choy and shiitake mushrooms). Today we are using the Korean equivalent of nian gao known as “tteok” because i literally went to five grocery stores in Chinatown and every store said they were sold out of nian gao. How does that happen? I don’t know. The point being, obviously a rice cake is not a complicated concept, so as you might expect, it occurs throughout many different Asian food cultures, including both Korean and Chinese cuisine, which is really handy.
In addition, we’ll be pairing this all with a classic rich caramel sauce combination of dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, and black vinegar to create the thick and rich sauce that is iconic to this dish. Then finally, we’ll be making use of this absolutely gorgeous piece of pork loin courtesy of Taylor’s Sausage in Oakland, paired with a bit of baking soda and food science for the most tender piece of pork that you will ever create. Hope you try it.
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