Pork Yuk Sung Recipe Bbc Food

SPICY MINCE & LETTUCE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Fry the ginger, garlic and chillies for 1 min. Add the mince, then cook on a high heat until golden brown, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go. Sprinkle over the brown sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and shredded lime leaves, then cook everything down until sticky.
• Tip the mince into a serving bowl, then serve with a bowl of lettuce leaves for wrapping the mince in; the herbs, shallots and peanuts for scattering over; and the lime wedges for squeezing.

PORK YUK SUNG (PORK IN LETTUCE LEAVES)

Steps:

• Best to use pork mince with a low fat content 3% if you can get it.
• Slice the ginger (About 3cm peeled and sliced very finely).
• Slice the garlic very finely.
• Chop the spring onions.
• Dice the celery into very small cubes.
• Chop the water chestnuts, again into very small cubes. (5mm).
• Put the above ingredients to one side.
• Wash the lettuce, dry, and being careful not to tear the leaves, separate leaves keeping them whole. (You will need 4 leaves for four people as a starter).
• Pat dry and put to one side.
• In a small bowl mix together the soy sauce, oyster sauce, dry sherry and sugar. Do not leave out the sugar as it just won't be the same!
• Heat the sesame oil in a non-stick frying pan on high heat. Add the garlic, ginger, and spring onions and fry until the garlic and ginger are aromatic.
• Add the minced pork and cook until the pork is browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add the water chestnuts, and celery to the frying pan and cook over a medium heat.
• Then put the sauce mixture in the pan and stir.
• Then put the pork back in the pan and continue to cook at medium heat until sauce is reduced and mixture becomes dryer and the pork is browned.
• To Serve; Lay out a lettuce leaf and spoon a great big heap of the cooked mixture into the middle and fold into a wrap and eat immediately.

PORK & CHILLI LETTUCE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and fry the shallot, lemongrass, garlic and chilli for 3 mins until fragrant. Add the pork mince and stir-fry for about 10 mins more until the pork is cooked through and browned. Add the fish sauce, sugar and lime juice, and cook for a couple more minutes until the pork is coated in the mixture. To freeze, leave to cool completely, then transfer to a freezer bag, seal and lay flat in the freezer (so the mince stays in a thin layer). Will keep for up to two months. Defrost in the fridge overnight before using. Reheat in a dry frying pan over a low heat until piping hot.
• Divide the pork mince between the lettuce leaves and garnish with the spring onions, carrots and herbs, then serve.