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Saturday, April 7, 2018

Fusion Food

I just witnessed my son, Rodney, tossing 2 slices of cheddar cheese into the pot of Tom Yam flavoured instant ramen  he was cooking. "Fusion food, Ma!", he quipped, in response to my grossed-out face.

Actually, he wasn't wrong. Isn't fusion food after all, borderless? The hubs eats lasagna with kimchi! Korean-Italian fusion, he says!

I am a big fan of fusion food, but not lasagna with kimchi or cheese with ramen though!
Fusion food is like pairing the best of two cuisines together to make a dish that's better than each on its own.  I love Bahn Mi (Vietnamese ingredients inside a French inspired baguette). Yummmmm! Cheese naan (oven baked Indian flatbread heavily stuffed with gooey melting cheese), Thai Tom Yam Pizza, Japanese-Italian fusion pasta... these are all my favourite foods.

Have you tried Chinese style baked cheese rice? Apparently, it is very popular in Hong Kong. Essentially, it's pork chops on a bed of fried rice, topped with mozzarella cheese. Chinese-Italian fusion, if you will. It's Josh's favourite.

Here's the recipe to share.

HONG KONG BAKED RICE


INGREDIENTS
6 pork chops
oil for frying

MARINADE
1 tbsp Chinese wine
1 pip garlic, minced
2 tsp salt
a pinch of ground black pepper

Coating
1 cup flour
2 eggs, beaten (for coating)

FRIED RICE
6 cups cooked rice
2 eggs, beaten
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp oil

SAUCE
4 large tomatoes, diced
6 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
½ cup chicken stock
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tsp sugar
salt
ground black pepper

TOPPING
250 g cups grated mozzarella cheese
⅓ cup grated parmesan cheese

METHOD

PORK CHOPS
Marinate pork chops for at least an hour.
Dip marinated pork chops in beaten egg. Coat with flour.
Pan fry pork chops until golden brown. Set aside.

FRIED RICE
Using a wok, heat oil until smoking point.
Add rice and salt and stir fry for a minute.
Make a well in the middle of the wok , pour in beaten eggs. Allow the eggs to set just a little before scrambling gently. Mix the rice and egg and stir fry for another minute.
Remove from wok and  set aside.

SAUCE
In a bowl, mix tomato ketchup, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock and cornstarch. Set aside.
SautĂ©  garlic and diced onions until the onions turn transparent. Add diced tomatoes, followed by the sauce mixture. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.
Place the  fried rice in a casserole, followed by the pork chops. Pour in the sauce and then top with the cheeses. Bake in a  preheated oven at for 220°C for  15-20 minutes or until the cheeses are browned.

Enjoy!

So what's your favourite fusion food?

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30 comments:

  1. Oh the pork chops sound really good. I had pork chops last night that were very good, but I think I'll try your version. Yummy.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥

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  2. Oh my gosh! To die for! And also love that term! Gonna use it often!

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  3. Now that looks and sounds delicious I want some now LOL

    Have a slurptastic week :-)

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  4. Wish I had that for supper tonight! Thanks for stopping by NanaHood!

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  5. My mouth is watering. Anything with cheese on top is wonderful!

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  6. This looks good! I like dishes like this. Will definitely try it! #BloggerClubUK

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  7. I can't think of any fusion foods I like better than it's original counterparts. The Hong Kong Baked Rice sounds good. Not sure if I'm willing to go the extra mile to make it, though. :) I'm not a huge rice eater. Thanks for visiting and joining my WW linky party today!

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  8. This looks so tasty :) Making me hungry.

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  9. The Hong Kong Baked Rice looks pretty good and I'm sure my grandkids would go for it, but not sure about hubby or me for that matter. Rice does funny things to my system and hubby's. Gotta watch what we put in our bellies these days. The curse of getting older... but thanks for the recipe for when the kids come over! ~hehehe~ Have a great day! hugs

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  10. I don't think I have ever had anything fusion, it sounds good though.

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  11. Looks and sounds delicious! Love a bit of fusion.. keen on chilli in my Irish stew!

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  12. This looks absolutely amazing!!! I love fried rice and I love cheese. #GlobalBlogging

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  13. These look great, pork chops always come out dry when we cook them but a marinade would sort that out, never thought of doing that! #FabFridayPost

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  14. Yum! I've got most of those ingredients in my cupboards so I've pinned this for later as it looks delicious. Although I'm not great with weighing things out in cups although I do have a set ...

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  15. That looks absolutely delicious! #globalblogging

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  16. Looks good!!!
    Thanks so much for stopping by and for leaving such a kind comment on my post about my nephew and thanks for your prayers.....
    Hugs,
    Deb

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  17. That recipe looks and sounds so good! A lot of Cajuns will put creole seasoning on EVERYTHING, so I guess that counts as fusion food! LOL!!

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  18. I love a bit of fusion food. We made Moroccan style meatballs last week. #FabFridayPost

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  19. I love fusion food. It was very popular in California. Burrito with thai food inside. Arizona doesn't do things like that as much and I miss it.

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  20. It looks delicious and a bit different too #KCACOLS

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  21. I've never really tried any fusion food but the idea is really cool! I love the look of this recipe. :)

    Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time!

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  22. I've not eaten that much fusion food, but this recipe sounds like it would be really quite nice! x #KCACOLS

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  23. Mmmm cheese with everything! Not good for the cholesterol levels but meh! I love fusing cheese and fruit with regular salads plus halloumi new potatoes and roasted peppers/ Italian begetables JUST LUSH #KCACOLS

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  24. This sounds good, although I think I'd have to spend hours in the kitchen to make it! I suppose I inadvertently eat or make a lot of Mexican fusions with other types of cuisine. #kcacols

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  25. Looks a great recipe to try! #KCACOLS

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  26. I’ve never heard of fusion food. Or if I had I didn’t quite register what it means. Thanks for putting it so simply. I love it. So next time I make what I call a mish mosh dinner I can now sofisticatedly day it’s fusion food daarling lol.

    Thanks for linking this up to #KCACOLS

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  27. I do love the idea of fusion food. The best of both worlds/foods! #kcacols

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