Wednesday, January 02, 2013

 

A Recipe for 2013: Auto show magic!

As many of you know, there is nothing I love more than cars and food, so why not finally bring them together? This is a simple and healthy dinner you can make on the engine block of your car.

Osler's engine-block pork

Ingredients:

3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup Chinese rice wine or dry sherry or snow
3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
4 cloves garlic, smashed (if necessary, run over it)
1 2-inch piece ginger, peeled and sliced
2 pieces star anise
Road salt
4 ounces of windshield washer fluid
3 pounds boneless pork shoulder
1 head bok choy, roughly chopped
3 1/2 ounces dried rice vermicelli noodles
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Directions:
Combine the chicken broth, soy sauce, rice wine, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, star anise and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a 5-to-6-quart pot. Add the pork, then cover and place on the engine block as your car idles for 8 hours. Add the windshield washer fluid to the appropriate reservoir in your car.

Add the bok choy to the pot and rev the engine; cover and cook about 20 more minutes.

Add the noodles to the pot, making sure they are submerged. Cover and cook 10 more minutes.

Remove the pork from the pot and shred the meat. Divide the pork, bok choy and noodles among bowls, then ladle in some of the broth. Sprinkle with the cilantro. Turn off the car.

Comments:
Amazing blog I must say. I will surely try this recipe when I will be enjoy a road trip with my family.

Regards;
Sara William
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Love the flavoring of windshield wiper fluid... is there a preferred brand?
 
No, no, the windshield wiper fluid goes in the car, not in the pot! No wonder food in North Carolina tastes so funny...
 
I don't know if I can even FIND the engine block on a modern automobile.
 
IPLG-- It's under the hood, which is the big metal flap that covers the front of the car. I should have put that in the recipe. Sorry!

ps-- Chrysler engines run a little hot, so you may need to shorten the cooking time.
 
I tend to use pork shoulder with the bone in this dish. When the meat is done you can pull the bone out (and fashion a hood ornament out of it), but it adds nice flavor during the cooking.
 
Susan, I have long wondered about that ornament on the hood of your CRV. Now I know.
 
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