Chilli pork with sweet pickled cucumber

These pork cutlets, coated in sambal oelek, tingle your tastebuds with Asian flavours.

Recipe «Chilli pork with sweet pickled cucumber» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 tbsp extra light olive oil, 1 tbsp sambal oelek, 4 pork cutlets, French trimmed, Steamed rice, to serve, 125ml rice wine vinegar , 60ml water, 100g caster sugar, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced crossways , 1 large fresh red chilli, halved lengthways, deseeded, thinly sliced, 2 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp extra light olive oil 
• 1 tbsp sambal oelek 
• 4 pork cutlets, French trimmed 
• Steamed rice, to serve 
• 125ml rice wine vinegar 
• 60ml water 
• 100g caster sugar 
• 2 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced crossways 
• 1 large fresh red chilli, halved lengthways, deseeded, thinly sliced 
• 2 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded 

Instructions

1. To make the sweet pickled cucumber, combine the vinegar, water and sugar in a medium saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until the sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and bring to the boil. Cook for 5 minutes or until the syrup thickens. Set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly. Transfer to a bowl and add the cucumber, chilli and kaffir lime leaves. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 1 hour to chill.
2. Preheat oven to 200°C. Combine oil and sambal oelek in a bowl. Brush both sides of the pork cutlets with oil mixture. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add the pork and cook for 1-2 minutes each side or until golden brown. Transfer to a baking tray. Bake in oven for 10 minutes or until just cooked through.
3. Divide the rice among serving plates. Top with the pork and the cucumber mixture to serve.