Pork and Peanuts Get Spicy

You don't always have to know what you're cooking to make something decent. Sometimes, it's just having an idea of a dish or dishes that you like and combining elements in hope that it won't taste like crap. Here' s four ingredient (not counting spices) dish that only takes a few minutes (except for the rice) to make.

Ingredients
pork loin
oyster mushrooms
peanuts
rice

Directions
Cook rice according to instructions (I use a rice cooker with 1 1/2 water to 1 cup rice).

Slice the pork loin into long thin strips, like pictured. Set aside.
Slice the oyster mushroom into long thin strips like pictured (you can buy oyster mushrooms fresh at most decently stocked markets, or canned at any Asian market). Set aside.
I used planters roasted and salted peanuts; about 1/4 cup.

Oil a pan and heat it to medium-high. Drop in the mushrooms and fry for about 3 minutes. Add a bit of fresh ground black pepper, some ground ginger and garlic. Add pork and fry until just about done. At the same time, add dried shallots (you can pick these up at an Asian market). Add about 2 tbsp soy sauce, red chili flakes, ground pepper, garlic and ginger. Drop in peanuts and blast the fire to high. Take out and drop onto rice.

Enjoy!

~ Brock