Recipe # 5 Pork with Corn and Mushroom

Yay! It's May! How did you like last month's "A Week of Firsts", theme?

Oooooh May... I remember last year's hubbub. It was this time last year when my husband, myself and our families were busy preparing for "the wedding of the year". It was also in May last year when we had a real honeymoon. Right after our frantic resolve to stage our dream wedding, we escaped to Bohol for a nice and quiet time together. We had been married (civilly) for 3 years, yet it was only last year when we actually celebrated our passion.

So this month is going to be about love and ardor. And which food is best associated with fervor? Tadah!---Oyster. Yes, yes. Good old oyster. I'm not a fan of oysters really. Oysters are gooey and slimy eyeball- looking creatures. Arrrrghhh. However, I am a fan of a concoction made out of oysters---the oyster sauce. This month, we will have four dishes that you can make with oyster sauce!

I was introduced to oyster sauce by my mother-in-law. She uses oyster sauce in almost anything ginisa. Today's recipe is sauted pork with corn kernels and champignion mushrooms cooked in oyster sauce---- this month's first of four aphrodisiacs.

You'll Need:

• 3/4 kilo liempo, chopped into about 1 inch pieces
• 2 tomatoes, quartered
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 5 cloves garlic, crushed and peeled

• About 5 tbsp oyster sauce (adjust accdg to taste/preference)
• corn kernels
• champignion mushrooms

• salt and pepper
• fish sauce
• water

How to:

• Saute garlic onion and tomatoes in a hot pan,

• Add pork
• Drizzle a bit of fish sauce
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper

• When slightly brown, add some water, reduce heat and cook covered for about 30 minutes
• When pork is tender, add oyster sauce and mushrooms, cook for 10 minutes
• Add corn, cook covered for 2 minutes

Serve.

Bon appetit!

Why not surprise your moms tomorrow by cooking this dish for lunch? It's a great way of showing her you love her on mothers' day.

To my two moms: Happy Mothers' day!

To my mama, I wish you were here.

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Who says you have to spend for a great meal? THis dish costs around P250 all in! It can feed 4 hungry people. So get your cooking gear out, and start the fire.

Your hot cook,
Hahan