Caramel pork with pink grapefruit and macadamia salad

Recipes / Meat

This tasty salad with Asian inspired flavours is a complete meal when served with a portion of steamed rice.

Recipe «Caramel pork with pink grapefruit and macadamia salad» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1kg pork rashers, 1 brown onion, finely chopped, 2 tbsp finely grated fresh ginger, 2 garlic cloves, crushed, 1 cup finely-chopped palm sugar , 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 cup water, 2 whole star anise , 1 cinnamon stick, 2 tbsp fish sauce, Steamed jasmine rice, to serve, 2 pink grapefruits, peeled, segmented, reserving any juice, 1/2 cup toasted macadamias, coarsely chopped, 1 cup coriander leaves, 1 cup Thai basil leaves, 1 cup mint leaves.

Ingredients:

  • 1kg pork rashers 
  • 1 brown onion, finely chopped 
  • 2 tbsp finely grated fresh ginger 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 1 cup finely-chopped palm sugar 
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce 
  • 1 cup water 
  • 2 whole star anise 
  • 1 cinnamon stick 
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce 
  • Steamed jasmine rice, to serve 
  • 2 pink grapefruits, peeled, segmented, reserving any juice 
  • 1/2 cup toasted macadamias, coarsely chopped 
  • 1 cup coriander leaves 
  • 1 cup Thai basil leaves 
  • 1 cup mint leaves 
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce 
  • 1 tbsp finely grated palm sugar 
  • 1 tsp sesame oil 

Instructions

  1. Heat a large saucepan over high heat. Add half the pork rashers and cook, turning occasionally, for 5 minutes or until brown all over. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining pork.
  2. Add the onion, ginger and garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until golden. Add the pork rashers, sugar, soy sauce, water, star anise and cinnamon stick and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, turning occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours or until pork is very tender.
  3. Add the fish sauce and increase heat to high. Bring to the boil. Cook for 5 minutes or until sauce thickens. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
  4. To make the grapefruit salad, combine the grapefruit, macadamias, coriander, basil and mint in a large bowl. Whisk together the grapefruit juice, fish sauce, palm sugar and sesame oil until sugar dissolves. Drizzle over the salad and gently toss to combine.
  5. Remove the pork from the sauce and thickly slice. Place the salad among serving plates and top with pork. Serve with steamed rice, if desired.