Sticky pork bundles

Recipes / Meat

Bite-sized morsels of pork make for a nuanced dinner party menu. Casual. Summer. Finger food. An excellent recipe for good times with friends.

Recipe «Sticky pork bundles» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:00 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 tbsp sunflower oil, 500g diced pork, cut into 1cm pieces, 2 garlic cloves, crushed, 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, finely grated, 2 tbsp palm sugar, grated , 2 small red chillies, seeded, finely chopped, 2 tsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp white vinegar , 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1 tbsp desiccated coconut, 2 tsp lime juice, 16 large baby spinach leaves, 1 eschalot, finely chopped, 2 tbsp peanuts, salted, roasted, finely chopped, 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves, Lime wedges, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil 
  • 500g diced pork, cut into 1cm pieces 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, finely grated 
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar, grated 
  • 2 small red chillies, seeded, finely chopped 
  • 2 tsp fish sauce 
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar 
  • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce 
  • 1 tbsp desiccated coconut 
  • 2 tsp lime juice 
  • 16 large baby spinach leaves 
  • 1 eschalot, finely chopped 
  • 2 tbsp peanuts, salted, roasted, finely chopped 
  • 1/4 cup fresh mint leaves 
  • Lime wedges, to serve 
  • Red chilli, extra sliced, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Heat 1/2 the oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook pork, in batches, for 4 minutes or until browned all over. Transfer to a bowl.
  2. Heat remaining oil in pan. Add garlic and ginger. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant. Return pork to pan. Add sugar, chilli, fish sauce, vinegar and soy sauce. Stir to combine. Cover. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
  3. Remove lid. Add coconut. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until pork is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed. Crush pork with a fork to shred slightly. Stir in lime juice.
  4. Serve pork on spinach leaves, topped with eschalot, peanuts, mint, lime and extra chilli.