Spicy Pork and Rice Cakes

Ingredients

• •½ cup grapeseed or other neutral oil
• •3 large yellow onions, cut in half and thinly sliced
• •2 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
• •1 pound ground pork
• •2 very loosely packed cups dried red chiles
• •2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• •2 tablespoons toban djan or ssämjang
• •1 tablespoons Sichuan peppercorns
• •1 tablespoon gochugaru
• •6 tablespoons water
• •1 tablespoon usukuchi
• •1 tablespoon sugar
• •2 cups sliced or coarsely chopped Chinese vegetables, such as Chinese broccoli
• •8 long cylindrical rice sticks, cut into 1-inch lengths
• •8 ounces silken tofu, drained
• •1 cup sliced scallions, greens and whites
• •½ cup packaged Chinese fried shallots