Asian Pork and Noodle Skillet Recipe

[kltaylo]

I went to the store last night to get the ingredients to try this recipe. I found everything but the toasted sesame oil. Has anyone ever used this before? I never have. I looked with the vegetable oil and other cooking oils and couldn't find it.

 

[dianevill]

It's in the Ethnic or Asian food section. You definitely want to use it - it really makes the dish.

Good luck!

 

[kltaylo]

Thank you!
So I should be able to find it with the soy sauce??

 

[smarteez2]

I could not find itand used regular sesame oil instead. I made this last night with beef instead of pork and it came out fine. HTH

 

[ljeffries]

If you can't find it at your market, you can try somewhere like Williams-Sonoma or Sur la Table. You can order online from them if there is not one near you.

 

[chefann]

Trader Joe's also carries toasted sesame oil. And it's a little cheaper there than at other grocery stores.I made this with chicken the other day and it was delicious.

 

[JAE]

I actually made it the other day and totally screwed it up. My family ate it and liked it anyway. I didn't have Asian seasoning or sesame oil. I halved the recipe and used a 10" skillet w/o a lid so I had to use foil! I also did something out of order, but I can't remember what it was. It was a disaster for me, but it turned out fine for dinner. Now, I can't wait to make it correctly.

 

[lizcooks4u]

same here...except..I couldn't find toasted sesame oil; but found reg sesame oil. What do y'all think?

TIA;

Liz

 

[chefann]

It should work, but the nutty flavor won't be as strong.

 

[Evelynt]

Wish I had a Trader Joe's in Grand Junction. I love that place and spend tons of money there when I go to CA.
Has anyone tried it without the seasoning packets?

 

[chefann]

I haven't tried it that way, but the Test Kitchen folks did indicate in the workshop at conference that you could do it without by doubling the Asian seasoning and adding salt - I think 1 tsp.

 

[bakewithschaefer]

Hi Evelyn, I have not tried the recipe yet. But I wanted to know if Paige's disappearence is still making news in Grand Junction ? I only ask because when my cousin went missing 9 years ago in Houston our only saving grace was a reporter who felt like we did that her boyfriend was responsible for her death ( lots of blood found in her apartment, no body). Houston Police screwed up the case by thinking she just took off and it was a mess. Paige's parents need to keep the interest of the public. We had my cousin's daughter who was three years old at the time to help get the public interested. Also Tim Miller of Texas, has a group of volunteers who search on horseback. They are able to do a better search. Tim's daughter was a young child who went missing several years ago and the police treated as a runaway. When her body was found months later and not to far from their home Tim developed this amazing group of individuals. He was a big help to my family. Sorry this sounds like a downer. Just want to help in any way I can because I truly understand. My prayers for Paige and her family. May peace come to this family soon.
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[chefdeb410]

I made this for dinner last night with pure sesame oil, and it was yummy! I will probably make my way to Trader Joe's to get the toasted stuff. I also added sliced waterchestnuts when I added the pork to the veggies. This was soooo easy to make and all (6) of the kids loved it...even my picky eaters!! Although my one son seperated everything on his plate (i.e., veggies in one pile, pork in another, noodles in another)...what a goof!
I can definitely see myself making this at a show! Can we get a big WOOHOO?! (as Jean would say).

 

[Nanisu]

I have my nail girl pick it up (she's vietnamese) in the asian store in her neighborhood. It's $2 compared to $7 in the regular grocery store....

 

[dwyerkim]

For those who have made this, I was wondering if it was too noodle-y. Four packs of noodles seems like an awful lot to me (and a ton of sodium). Any thoughts?

 

[KellyTheChef]

We LOVED it. Sodium packed noodles and all! LOL

Also- we tasted it at our cluster meeting last night and the pan was just about licked clean!

 

[chefann]

Kelly- love your new av!The recipe serves 6, so I don't think there are too many noodles. And with 2 pounds of meat in it, that's a LOT of meat. If you want to "dilute" the noodleiness of it, add some additional veggies - snow peas, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, more carrots, etc.

 

[dwyerkim]

You're right, 2 lbs is way more meat than I would use for a family dinner. I like the idea of using one pound and then beefing up (ha, good pun) the veggies. LOVE water chestnuts and snow peas in anything so those would work for me!

 

[ChefLoriG]

made this tonight, I used 1 lb of meat and it was the perfect amount. You could easily add more veggies if you want, I mean to throw in water chestnuts, but forgot. Everyone loved it!

 

[KellyTheChef]

Kelly- love your new av!

The recipe serves 6, so I don't think there are too many noodles. And with 2 pounds of meat in it, that's a LOT of meat. If you want to "dilute" the noodleiness of it, add some additional veggies - snow peas, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, more carrots, etc.

Ann~ Thanks! You started this Simpson craziness! I kept my profile picture as the "real" me in case someone forgets what I look like...or till I get bored of the Simpson pic and change it. I do sometimes miss our "real" pictures- it's hard to keep everyone straight sometimes!!

I was also thinking the same thing about this skillet containing a lot of meat. Most of the meals I make don't have that much meat in them. When I tested the recipe, the SMALLEST package of porkloins was 2.3 pounds. I started to cut it all up and put it in the recipe, and then decided to freeze half of it for another test of the recipe another day. Even with a little over a pound of meat, it was plenty. So...you can tell your customers that they can CERTAINLY make this a budget-friendly recipe!

 

[Chef Kearns]

I was going to make this for dinner tomorrow night, but I got scared about that foreskin thing on the pork. And then you've got to slice it. How difficult and time consuming was all of that? Does it make a good demo recipe? When I was at conference I was all over it, but then at home I thought it was too daunting. You guys make it sound really simple again!

 

[dwyerkim]

I was going to make this for dinner tomorrow night, but I got scared about that foreskin thing on the pork. And then you've got to slice it. How difficult and time consuming was all of that? Does it make a good demo recipe? When I was at conference I was all over it, but then at home I thought it was too daunting. You guys make it sound really simple again!

OMG, I am cracking up here... please don't call it foreskin at a show! It is called silver skin. Unless you're a rabbi, don't be using the words "foreskin" and "knife" in the same sentence! And that's all I'm going to say about that.

Back on the topic at hand--it is just a thin membrane, looks almost like fat, and you can kind of slice it parallel to the length of the tenderloin to remove it. They showed how to do this at conference using the new boning knife but I think you could do it with the paring or utility knife.

 

[heat123]

Trader Joe's also carries toasted sesame oil. And it's a little cheaper there than at other grocery stores.

I made this with chicken the other day and it was delicious.

I am so going to try it with chicken!

 

[momoftwins]

I made it last night using frozen chicken breasts that I baked on my stoneware bar pan. I also added water chestnuts and I too only had normal sesame oil (all DH could find at the store). I thought it was good as did my twins!

 

[Chef Endora]

I searched all over the specialty section at "Wegmans" & I couldn't find toasted sesame oil. They did have about 6 different types, but no toasted.

I have a boning knife & stick the sharp point under the silver skin & that way some of it just pulls off & I keep running the knife under the skin to loosen it as I go.

 

[BethCooks4U]

I made it last night for dinner. The utility knife worked great to get the sliver skin off but I would bet the boning knife will be better/easier. I too couldn't find toasted sesame oil so used the pure sesame seed oil. It was VERY good. DH was "WHAT'S WRONG" when I tasted a piece of the tenderloin as I was taking it from the pan to do the next step. YUM!

Next time I will use 3 packages of noodles and more carrots I think. And I will be trying it with chicken.

 

[quiverfull7]

Did y'all use your Exec. skillet or which pan? I don't even own a stainless fry pan right now but I WILL be earning one for free! That's my plan and I'm stickin to it... anyway... I ditched all my old cookware when my DH bought me the while Exec. set 1/2 off at Christmas so what pans are all of you using so you get the fond in the pan?

 

[chefann]

Whe I made it, I used my Professional. So there wasn't nearly as much fond as there would be in SS. But it was still really good. hmmm... maybe I'll stop and get some noodles on the way home and make this tonight.

 

[JAE]

I couldn't find toasted sesame oil at Meijer, but they did have sesame oil. I'll have to try the vietnames grocer.

 

[chefann]

Made this tonight. Forgot the bell pepper, remembered the green onion. Added sliced water chestnuts, bamboo shoots and grilled pineapple. Used chicken instead of pork and creamy chicken noodles instead of Asian (DH wanted to try it with a different flavor). Won't be doing the creamy chicken again. It was OK, but not fabulous.