Moo Shu Pork Pockets

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Make Your Own Take-Out

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (20)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
14 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 14 min
Total:: 39 min

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Ingredients

1 pound ground pork
2 cups shredded cabbage (1/2 a 16-ounce package cole slaw mix)
A few pinches ground cayenne pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
8 gingersnap cookies, ground in food processor
1/4 cup aged tamari soy sauce
1 tablespoon (1 turn around the pan in a slow drizzle) wok or vegetable oil
6 large (12-inch) flour tortillas
1 cup hoisin sauce

Toppings:

Shred up a pile of your favorite raw vegetables or
2 cups shredded cabbage
Shredded carrots
Fresh bean sprouts
Thinly sliced scallions

Serving suggestions:

Jasmine Rice Sundaes, recipe follows
Cucumber salad, recipe follows

Directions

Combine the pork, cabbage, cayenne pepper, garlic, gingersnap cookies, and soy sauce in a bowl. Form mixture into patties. Heat a large, nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add wok or vegetable oil to the pan. Cook patties 7 minutes on each side.

Heat tortillas on a nonstick surface over high heat for 30 seconds on each side. Paint the tortillas with hoisin sauce, leaving a 1-inch rim from edge. Pile shredded mixed veggies in center of tortilla and top with cooked pork patty. Fold the tortilla up on all four sides and wrap burger in a square package. Invert pork pocket and cut on diagonal. Serve pockets with jasmine rice sundaes and cucumber salad.

Jasmine Rice Sundaes:

Cooked jasmine rice
Water
Salt
Duck sauce
Toasted sesame seeds

Scoop prepared jasmine rice onto dinner plates using an ice cream scoop. Top with duck sauce and toasted sesame seed "sprinkles". This is a great use for those packets of leftover duck sauce that clutter up your junk drawers in the kitchen and kids love the look of the technique.

Asian Cucumber Salad:

1 European seedless cucumber or 2 Kirby cucumbers, thinly sliced
1 small red bell pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar or white distilled vinegar
2 rounded teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Spread cucumber slices in a thin layer on double-ply paper towels. Roll paper towels up to squeeze water from sliced cucumbers. Transfer sliced cucumbers to a bowl and toss with sliced peppers.

Combine remaining ingredients in a small plastic container and shake until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Pour the dressing over the cucumbers, toss, and serve.

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recipe Moo Shu Pork Pockets
Laura waukesha, WI 03-22-2009
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wow---yumm-o!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was fantastic! My whole family loved it. We needed to cut the "burgers" in half in order to roll them up in the tortilla... to eat. Very flavorful, good spice.Read more
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A Canada, QC 01-13-2009
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One of the tastiest recipes I've made in a long time.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I modified this one as follows: - Used finely ground chicken instead of pork, because that's what I had on hand - Used... water chestnuts with the rest of the veggies - Added some of the finely chopped cabbage, bean sprouts, green onions and water chestnuts to the meat (and saved the rest to put on the tortillas) - Added an egg, panko breadcrumbs, and rice flour as a binder (in addition to the ginger snaps) - Formed sausage shapes instead of patties, and fried them on all 4 sides for crispness It turned out fabulous. The rice flour made them crisp up very nicely. The veggies added a sweet flavour and great crunch, while the hoisin sauce cut the richness perfectly. Read more
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julie savannah, GA 05-10-2008
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yummy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe.I used buns and cooked the veggies instead of having them raw.I will make again.
recipe Moo Shu Pork Pockets
Anonymous 09-08-2007
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Love these!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made them with ground turkey, with great success.
recipe Moo Shu Pork Pockets
Anonymous 04-28-2007
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Easy and sooo good
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Simple to make, lots of flavor. My friends loved it.
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Anonymous 04-23-2007
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Great week night dinner
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Excellent and healthy little oriental burger. I used extra lean pork and it came out great. I used her suggestion of using... cole slaw mix in the burgers and then just used the rest of that for my veggies on the tortilla mixed with the chopped green onion and a little sesame oil. The hoisin sauce really makes it although I'm sure plum sauce would be equally good. My husband really raved about this and was happy that it took such a short time to make.Read more