Bite sized pieces of pork cooked with ginger, garlic and a sticky sweet soy sauce. These Pork Bites are delicious for dinner served with rice or greens.
Confession time, I don’t love pork, but on the flip side, my husband does! So I like to make pork dishes that I enjoy too. These Pork Bites are an aromatic, Asian inspired dish, that cooks the pork once in boiling water to tenderize the pork, then browned in oil, and then cooked with brown sugar, soy sauce and water which makes a gorgeous sticky sauce and the pork is soft and moreish.
Ingredients
- Pork Slices or lean pork belly
- Minced garlic
- Onion
- Oil, I just use canola or vegetable oil
- Brown sugar
- Soy sauce
- Mirin, you can buy mirin at mainstream supermarkets and I use it in quite a few dishes, including teriyaki sauce.
- Spring onion, this is used as garnish so can be substituted for mint or coriander if needed.
- Sesame seeds
- Rice, serve with steamed rice
- Steamed Pak Choy, or any other greens that tickle your fancy
How to make Pork Bites:
Firstly bring 1 litre of water to the boil, add garlic, onion and pork. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the water and use a slotted spoon to remove the pork and drain on a plate lined with a paper towel. Get a new pan (that has a lid, or wash and dry the one you have been using) place on a high heat and add oil.
Add pork to the pan, be careful the oil might spit and splatter. Cook the pork until browned, around 5 minutes. Add brown sugar and turn the heat down to low. Stir often, the sugar will caramelise and coat the pork. Add soy sauce and mirin, stir constantly until the sauce has reduced to a lovely thick glaze, around 5-6 minutes.
Add water and mix well then place a lid on the pan and simmer for approx. 45 minutes. Stir every 10 minutes, check to make sure that it is on a low simmer, and add a little more water if the pan is getting dry. Once the pork is cooked, remove the lid from the pan, if the sauce is too thick, add a splash more water, if it is too thin, cook a little longer, the sauce should coat the pork nicely.
Sprinkle with spring onions and sesame seeds and serve with rice and steamed pak choy.
If you are looking for more delicious recipes check out my posts for Chicken Mee Goreng and Mongolian Beef.
Common questions about Pork Bites:
Can I make this dish any faster? If you skip any steps the pork wont be soft however, you could try the last part of cooking in the pressure cooker. I haven’t tested this though.
What wine would match well with the Pork Bites? I would serve either an aromatic Pinot Gris or a Pinot Noir.
Pork Bites
Ingredients
- 500 grams Pork Slices or lean pork belly cut into 3 cm pieces
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic approx. 2 cloves
- 1 onion peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 1 thumb sized piece of ginger, grated on the microplane
Garnish
- Spring onion
- Toasted Sesame seeds
To Serve
- Rice
- Steamed Pak Choy
Instructions
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Take a medium sized pot/pan and bring 1 litre of water to the boil, add the garlic, onion and pork. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the water and use a slotted spoon to remove the pork and drain on a plate lined with a paper towel.
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Get a new pan (that has a lid, or wash and dry the one you have been using) place on a high heat.
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Add the oil, once hot, add the pork to the pan, be careful the oil might spit and splatter. Cook the pork until browned, around 5 minutes.
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Add brown sugar and turn the heat down to low. Stir often, the sugar will caramelise and coat the pork.
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Add the soy sauce and mirin, stir constantly for 3 minutes, then add the ginger. Cook for a further 2-3 minutes until the sauce has reduced to a lovely thick glaze.
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Add1 cup of water (250mls). Mix well then place a lid on the pan and simmer for approx. 45 minutes. Stir every 10 minutes, check to make sure that it is on a low simmer, and add a little more water if the pan is getting dry.
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Once the pork is cooked, remove the lid from the pan, if the sauce is too thick, add a splash more water, if it is too thin, cook a little longer, the sauce should coat the pork nicely.
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Sprinkle with spring onions and sesame seeds.
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Serve with rice and steamed pak choy.
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Happy Cooking xx
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