Moo shu pork
Pork, egg, wood-ear mushrooms and cucumber share the pan in this version of moo shu pork.

- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Rest / wait
- 2 hr
- Total
- 2 hr 35 min
- Makes
- Serves 2
Your new skill: Practise timing and combining the separate parts.
Pork, egg, wood-ear mushrooms and cucumber share the pan in this version of moo shu pork. Cook the components in stages, then bring them back together.
Your ingredients
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- 150 g pork tenderloin
- 1 tbsp unsalted stock, instead of cooking wine
- 2½ tbsp neutral cooking oil, divided
- 3 medium eggs, lightly beaten
- 50 g wood ear mushroom , rehydrated & torn into small pieces
- 20 strands lily buds, rehydrated & cut in half crosswise
- 80 g cucumber, sliced
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 pinch ground white pepper
Let’s make it
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Prepare the dried ingredients
Rehydrate wood ears and lily buds according to their packets, refrigerating long soaks. Rinse and trim. Boil wood ears in fresh water for 5 minutes, then drain. Slice pork across the grain and mix with stock.
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Scramble the eggs
Heat 1 tbsp oil. Scramble beaten eggs into set pieces and transfer to a clean plate.
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Cook the pork
Heat another 1 tbsp oil and stir-fry pork until cooked through, reaching 75°C for 30 seconds. Transfer to the egg plate using clean utensils.
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Finish the vegetables
Add remaining oil and briefly fry spring onions and ginger. Add mushrooms, lily buds and cucumber and stir-fry until cooked. Return pork and egg, add soy sauce, salt and white pepper and toss until hot throughout.
What to try next
For another kitchen idea, explore Garlic pak choi and Egg fried rice.
Keeping it: Cool promptly, put in a covered fridge container within 1–2 hours and use within 48 hours. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout.
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