Coconut-crumbed pork with pineapple salad

Recipes / Meat

Pork fillet is crumbed in coconut, twice-cooked and served with a tropical side salad of pineapple, radish and lime.

Recipe «Coconut-crumbed pork with pineapple salad» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 3 eggs, lightly beaten, 1/3 cup plain flour, 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs, 1/2 cup desiccated coconut, 2 x 400g pork fillets , 2 tbsp peanut oil or sunflower oil, plus extra to shallow-fry, 1/2 pineapple, thinly sliced, 1/2 daikon, peeled, cut into matchsticks , 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked, 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp soy sauce, Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime, 1 tsp dried chilli flakes.

Ingredients:

  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten 
  • 1/3 cup plain flour 
  • 1 1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs 
  • 1/2 cup desiccated coconut 
  • 2 x 400g pork fillets 
  • 2 tbsp peanut oil or sunflower oil, plus extra to shallow-fry 
  • 1/2 pineapple, thinly sliced 
  • 1/2 daikon, peeled, cut into matchsticks 
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked 
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce 
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce 
  • Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime 
  • 1 tsp dried chilli flakes 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
  2. Place the eggs in a bowl. Season the flour and place on a plate. Combine breadcrumbs and coconut on a separate plate. Dust pork in flour, then coat in egg and roll in coconut mixture. Dip in egg again, then coat in coconut mixture again. Repeat with second fillet.
  3. Heat 2cm oil in a large frypan over medium-high heat. Cook pork, turning, for 4 minutes or until dark golden. Transfer to a baking tray and roast in the oven for 20 minutes or until just cooked through. Rest pork, loosely covered with foil, for 5 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile to make the pineapple salad, combine the pineapple, daikon and coriander in a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk remaining ingredients with remaining 2 tbs oil. Season, then drizzle over salad. Thinly slice pork and serve with salad.