Mu Shu Pork

This restaurant favorite, filled with tender slices of pork, egg, mushrooms and bamboo shoots stir-fried in a delicious sauce, hails from Northern China. My mother told me that Mu Shu means “flower blossoms” in Chinese, and the egg in the dish symbolizes yellow flower blossoms. There’s an earthiness to this dish that traditionally comes from dried cloud ears, but I’ve substituted dried black mushrooms for ease and convenience. While Mu Shu is traditionally eaten in a steamed Chinese pancake