Pork Shrimp Noodles

I came upon a recipe I really liked yesterday evening. It started out as a soup recipe, but I dabbled with it some and ended up with it being more of a one-dish meal with an accompanying salad. If you like the flavor of sesame, you'll really like this. It's not a spicy dish; it's filling and the flavor has a nice lingering effect.

To prepare: Pour 2 t. of sesame oil and 1 T. of vegetable oil into a skillet. Slice one onion up into slender slices and cook in the oil until the slices start to brown slightly. Remove these from the skillet. (While you're minding the onions, you can put on a salted medium sized pot of water to boil and then add in around 5 oz. or so of egg noodles--use the smallest ones--they tend to work better).  Once they're cooked (don't overcook) drain them and return them to the pan to wait a bit. You can go ahead and stir in the onions at this point.

Now you can add around a quart of chicken broth, around 1/2 t. of ginger, 1/4 t. of garlic powder, the juice of 1/2 lime (use fresh--it's worth it), 1 t. sugar, and 2 1/2 tablespoons of oyster flavored sauce (you can find this at most any IGA store) to the skillet where you just cooked the onions. Let this come to a simmer. Add to this the lean parts of one port chop that you have sliced very thinly (avoid the fatty parts and don't add the bone). You'll also add in about 6 oz. of raw shrimp that you've chopped into small-ish sized pieced.  Let all this simmer together for a good 15 minutes on low heat. Once this has simmered and the shrimp is pink in color and the pork is white in color, add this mixture to the pot of noodles and onions. Stir together and let this cook a bit longer on lower heat until it's at a low simmer for a few (maybe 10) more minutes. While this is doing its final simmer, take a green onion (scallion) and dice off the green. Also dice up 4 or 5 cilantro leaves (do use fresh--indescribably better than dried in a jar). Serve the noodle dish into a bowl, then add a bit of the diced green onion and the diced cilantro to the top of each. A simple salad ( I used iceberg lettuce and mixed up a bit of dressing using a small amount sesame oil, vegetable oil, garlic powder, ginger, and a bit of soy sauce) and glass of good Sake and you've nothing other to do than enjoy!