Our friend Gwen shared this very yummy Tea Pork recipe with me … I actually begged her to share it with me after eating it at a potluck ! I was soooo lucky that she did and even happier when she said I could make a laminated recipe card for my collection. It uses pork loin that is boiled with Lipton tea bags …yes, tea bags. I must confess that I have never bought Lipton orange pekoe tea …green tea, maybe, but never the other. Well, since getting this recipe I have definitely raised the stocks for the Lipton company ..haha! After boiling in the tea bags, you just need to soak the pork in a heated shoyu, sake, mirin sauce for a few hours…no more cooking. It becomes so tender and makes a great pupu and really great in ramen.
I didn’t want to throw away the shoyu sauce so I thought about how I could be ‘resourceful’. Then it occurred to me that I could use this sauce to make those ono shoyu hard boiled eggs that you eat in the Japanese restaurants. It was perfect !! So I got to use this Tea recipe for 2 pupus ! My niece Mari LOVES these eggs and can eat a whole lot of them …watch out ! heehee!
If you’re interested in this recipe card, you may visit me at my upcoming craft fairs ! I’ll have a sample of the Tea Pork for you to try!
Thanks Gwen for a great recipe !!!