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Pork Bites

Servings 2 -4

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

  1. 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.
  2. Get a new pan (that has a lid, or wash and dry the one you have been using) place on a high heat.
  3. 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.
  4. Add brown sugar and turn the heat down to low. Stir often, the sugar will caramelise and coat the pork.
  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.
  8. Sprinkle with spring onions and sesame seeds.
  9. Serve with rice and steamed pak choy.
  10. Happy Cooking xx