Steamed Beef with Orange

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2 to 4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fragrant Harbour Taste: The New Chinese Cooking of Hong Kong

By Ken Hom

Published 1989

  • About

This might be termed the Chinese equivalent of meatloaf. Here, finely minced pork and beef are combined with dried citrus peel to form a hearty and zesty dish. Because it is steamed rather than baked, the meat retains its juiciness and the tang of the citrus. This is definitely an old-fashioned, homely dish but it is now appearing on Hong Kong restaurant menus. Apparently, in Hong Kong as well, a generation has come of age that is too busy (or unwilling or unable) to cook for itself but, ra