Appetizers Recipes - Dry-cooked Pork Strips Recipe

Ingredients

• 15ml/1 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

• 30ml/2 tbsp fish sauce

• 30ml/2 tbsp soy sauce

• 5ml/1 tsp sugar

• 225g/8oz pork fillet (tenderloin), cut into thin, bite size strips

• 8 lettuce leaves

• shreds of spring onion (scallion)

• chili oil, for drizzling

• fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves

• a handful of fresh mint leaves

Serves 2-4

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Method:

1. In a wok or heavy pan, heat the oil, fish sauce and soy sauce with the sugar.

2. Add the pork and stir-fry over a medium heat until all the liquid has evaporated. Cook the pork until it turns brown, almost caramelized, but not burnt.

3. For a light snack. serve the dry-cooked pork strips with a few salad leaves and add a few shreds of spring onion (scallion). 3

4. For wraps, drop a few strips onto large lettuce leaves, drizzle a little chili oil over the top, add a few coriander and mint leaves, wrap them up and serve immediately. These make good finger food.

Note: This very simple dish is quick and light on a hot day. Pork, chicken, prawns and squid can all be cooked this way. With the lettuce and herbs, the pork strips make a very flavor some snack, but you can also serve them with a dipping sauce.

Cook's Tip: "Dry-cooking" usually refers to the large-scale reduction of the liquid content during cooking, rather than an absence of liquid.