酱肉炒马蹄 Water Chestnuts and Smoked Pork Stir-Fry

Pinyin: jiàng ròu chǎo mǎ tí

Flukes aren’t very nice at all. These parasitic worms enjoy living primarily in the intestines and livers of their human hosts. Today, I’m interested in water chestnuts today which if eaten fresh and not properly cleaned might give you flukes.

Water chestnuts aren’t really nuts they are more like underwater potatoes. They are packed with starches and can even be milled into flour. Generally found in small cans in supermarkets everywhere, they are found fresh and packed with flavor all around Asia.

The water chestnuts in the dish above were mind-bogglingly sweet and crunchy, water chestnuts being one of the rare vegetables that don’t get mushy when overcooked). The slices of meat were salty sweet but far too small. Even though this dish lacks a little execution I’ll be back for more just for the water chestnuts.