Yippie-Ya-Yeah Pork Cheek in Dragon Fire or Bruce Willi’s Favorite Food

It doesn’t always have to be duck

1. I have never eaten pork cheeks in my life. I know that z. B. in fish, the cheeks are a delicacy. I got pork cheeks at a butcher near Freiburg. I also like to eat ox mouth salad so give it a try. I don’t have a plan yet how to prepare it, but I’ll think of something on the long drive back. After a few hundred kilometers the idea comes to me. I make a spicy wok dish out of it.

Hence the recipe name

1. I have to hurry because tonight I’m going to Die Hard with my buddy 5. Now the recipe name makes sense, doesn’t it. For all non-fans. Yippie-Ya-Yeah Pig cheek is the standard Bruce Willis saying in all episodes of the Die Hard series.

Here we go

1. I start by paring in the cheek. Then I heat the peanut oil in a wok and fry the cheeks until they are hot and crispy. So that everything is ready at the same time. I put 1 cup of basmati rice and 2 cups of water in a saucepan and boil it with salt. When the rice is boiling, reduce the temperature and let it steep with the lid closed until it has the right consistency. I also cut the onions and peppers into fine strips. I put them in stages with the meat in the wok and continue to fry everything together. Now cut the garlic and ginger very finely and put them in the wok. Stir-fry everything for 5 minutes. The vegetables should be crisp. Now all the curry pastes come in and the herb pesto. . Stir in everything and deglaze with half a cup of water. Season to taste and let simmer gently for another 5 minutes.

Finish and summary

1. Press the rice into a wet glass and turn it into the rice bowl. Drape the dragon fire around the outside. Finished. It was just what I expected. The cheeks were crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. The vegetables were crisp and hot and also looked like dragon fire. This is not the last time I made the pork cheeks, I can only recommend them to you. Bon Apetit