SHREDDED PORK WITH YU SHON SAUCE

      Title: SHREDDED PORK WITH YU SHON SAUCE
  Categories: Oriental, Meats, Main dish
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
     1/4 c  Wood ears
     1/2 lb Boneless pork
       7    Water chestnuts
            Soy sauce
   2 1/2 ts Cornstarch
     1/2    Egg; beaten
     1/2 ts Cornstarch; mixed w/water
       1 tb Water, to mix w/cornstarch
     1/2 ts Minced garlic
     1/2 ts Minced gingerroot
       2 tb Sugar
       2 tb Chicken broth or water
   1 1/2 tb Vinegar
       4 c  Oil
       1 ts Hot bean paste
       1 tb Chopped green onion
     1/2 ts Sesame oil
  
   *Note: Pork should be trimmed of fat. Soak wood ears in warm water
   until softened, about 1/2 hour. Rinse well, then shred. Cut pork in
   paper-thin slices and shred. Crush water chestnuts with heavy cleaver
   and shred. Combine pork, 2 teaspoons soy sauce, cornstarch and egg
   and mix well. Meat mixture should be moist. If needed, add a little
   of cornstarch- water solution. Combine 2 tablespoons soy sauce,
   garlic, ginger, sugar, broth and vinegar. Heat oil in wok or large
   skillet. Add pork mixture, wood ears and water chestnuts and cook,
   stirring gently, just until meat changes color. Immediately pour meat
   and vegetables into large strainer set in bowl to drain off oil.
   Return 1 to 2 tablespoons oil to pan. Mix hot bean paste with oil in
   pan. Add meat mixture and stir-fry. Add soy sauce mixture and
   continue cooking. Stir in green onion. Add remaining cornstarch
   solution and stir. Mix in sesame oil and turn out on serving plate.
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