Sweet Chilli Pork Food

SLOW-ROASTED SWEET CHILE PORK

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, combine salt, pepper, granulated garlic, menudo spice mix, chile powder, cumin and brown sugar until well mixed. Place pork butt in large roasting pan, fat-side up. Rub the spice-and-brown sugar mixture all over the pork butt with lots of love! Cover the roasting pan with foil, being sure it is airtight. Roast for at least 12 hours; don't rush it! It should be so tender that the bone will fall out when the pork is done.

SWEET CHILI PORK LETTUCE WRAPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine pork, baking soda, and soya sauce. Set aside to marinate 5 minutes.
• In a large non-stick skillet, heat 1 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat. Cook pork until browned, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
• Add remaining oil to the skillet and cook ginger, mushrooms and red peppers until softened, about 3 minutes. Add pork, green onions, sweet chili sauce and water to the skillet. Cook, stirring until the pork is cooked through, about 4 minutes.
• Spoon pork mixture onto lettuce leaves, sprinkle with peanuts. Roll up and enjoy with a side of rice or substitute flour tortillas for the lettuce wraps, if desired.

STICKY SWEET CHILLI PORK AND BASIL RICE

Steps:

• Heat a wok or large frying pan over moderately high heat and add half the oil and swirl to coat surface and stir fry pork for 5 to 6 minutes or until browned.
• Add garlic, chilli and ginger and stir fry for 1 minutes or until fragrant and then add sauces and stire fry for 1 minute or until pork is cooked and then remove from wok.
• Add remaining oil to wok, heat over high heat and add capsicum and rice and stir fry for 3 to 4 minutes or until heated and then add the bok choy and stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until heated and then return pork, cooking juices and 1/3 cup of the basil leave to work and stir fry until heated.
• Spoon into shallow serving bowls and serve topped with remaining basil.

SWEET AND SPICY CHILI PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add pork, cooking 3 to 4 minutes on each side. Remove pan from heat and let pork stand for 30 seconds.
• While pork cooks, combine brown sugar, soy sauce, chile paste, hoisin and rice vinegar in a small bowl.
• Pour sauce over the pork, scraping the pan to loosen the fond. Turn the pork over to coat. (The recipe does not call for this, but I often will return over low heat just to make sure the sauce is heated through, if there is not enough residual heat in the skillet).
• Serve garnished with the green onion slices.
• I had a couple of thick boneless chops sitting around, so I cut them into thin, flat slices and cooked as above; then doubled the sauce ingredients, tossed it all together and served with saffron rice. A nice variation.

SWEET CHILLI PORK

Steps:

• Heat oil in large frying pan.
• Add onions, chilli and pork and fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Add brown sugar, water and fish sauce and bring to the boil.
• Lower heat and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes or until sauce is thick and syrupy, stirring while cooking.
• Sprinkle with coriander and serve with steamed rice.

SWEET CHILLI PORK IN LETTUCE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wok or large frying pan on high. Stir-fry pork and garlic for 4-5 minutes, breaking up lumps with the back of a spoon, until browned.
• Add sugar, fish sauce and leaves. Simmer for 3-4 minutes or until thickened slightly.
• Add coriander, peanuts, shallots and chilli. Stir-fry for a further 3-4 minutes.
• Spoon into lettuce cups. Sprinkle with extra fried shallots. Serve with lime wedges.