momofuku spicy pork sausage & rice cakes
Part three of last week’s cooking spree was a “banging” (as it’s called in the headnote) recipe from the Momofuku cookbook that a spicy-food-lover like myself could never say no to. It combines elements from three comfort foods that have nothing to do with each other: Sichuan mapo tofu (Sichuan peppercorns, tofu, ground pork), Korean spicy rice cakes (chewy cylindrical street food), and a Bolognese-like ground meat sauce. Unlike a lot of other dishes in the cookbook (48-hour short ribs, homemade alkaline noodles) this one is totally doable for home cooks and for regular everyday meals. I want to feed this to my omnivorous, capsaicin-fiend friends sometime. Definitely worth repeating.
