I have a bad ass neighbor...
I was literally finishing up my ingredient-prep for mongolian pork tonight. I had my garlic, bird's eye, chile arbol, peanut mix ready to start...the pork strips marinated in garlic, soy sauce, ginger, teryaki, black bean sauce, and chile-garlic...the veggies chopped; white onion, green onion, 2 jalapenos, 1 arrow-head shaped habanero...and a light mix of fresh broccoli and green onion.
My neighbor...who is like having a second dad, without the bullshit, starts blowing up my wife's phone. She calls me, and tells me to call him, because something's happening. We had new clients bringing horses into the barn...I thought...son of a bitch...this bad ass dinner is going to get shit on, because some ass-clown is tearing up my property.
Instead...the neighbor says, "meet me at my fence...I have something for you." I toss some flip-flops on the 3 year old, and head across the street. He says he was out at a market, found something...hands me this:
Now...keep in mind...the idea behind the dinner, was to feed me and my wife...who was 5 minutes away at her mother's house. I get back in the house, and immediately call her. I suggest she take her mom out for a relaxing dinner...me and the little man have it under control. She agrees, and the cullinary doors open to this newly embraced gift from across the street.
And so it begins. I passed up the Shiner Bock, and snagged a Keystone Light...JUST FOR YOU.
I diced up one of the bhuts, and tossed it in with the onion/pepper mix.
Fry up the garlic, bird's eye, chile arbol, peanut mix in a little seasoned wok oil...
As it browns up, I toss in the marinated pork...
When that gets brown on all sides, I dump in the onions and peppers...
A little broccoli and more onion...
I grab myself another Keystone, and it's ready to eat.
Hell yeah.