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Sticky Pork San Choy Bau

Here's how you make Sticky Pork San Choy Bau
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 10m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 carrots (cut into matchsticks)
  • 2 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 500 grams pork loin (stir-fry strips)
  • 1/4 cup cornflour
  • 2 tablespoons oil (peanut oil)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 2 teaspoons fish sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
  • 4 green onions, thinly sliced diagonally
  • 1 packet (450 gram) long grain white rice (90 second white long-grain rice)
  • Lettuce leaves (8 baby cos lettuce leaves)
  • 100 grams fresh bean sprouts (trimmed, 1 cup)
  • 1/4 cup shallots (fried)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Place carrot and vinegar in a bowl, toss to combine and then set aside.

  • Step 2: Coat pork in cornflour, shaking off excess.

  • Step 3: Heat wok over high heat and add 1/2 the oil and swirl to coat and then stir-fry the pork for 2 to 3 minutes or until browned and just cooked and transfer to a heatproof bowl and cover to keep warm and then repeat with remaining oil and pork.

  • Step 4: Wipe wok clean.

  • Step 5: Combine honey, oyster sauce, lime juice, fish sauce and five spice in a small bowl and add to the wok and bring to a boil.

  • Step 6: Return pork to wok and stir fry to 2 to 3 minutes or until sauce is thick and pork is sticky.

  • Step 7: Add 1/2 the green onion and toss to combine and remove from heat.

  • Step 8: Meanwhile, heat rice following packet directions.

  • Step 9: Strain carrot mixture.

  • Step 10: Divide lettuce leaves among 4 bowls.

  • Step 11: Divide rice, pickled carrot and 3/4 of the bean sprouts among lettuce leaves and top with the pork mixture, fried shallots and remaining green onion and bean sprouts and serve.


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