Thai Pork Mince Food

PORK & HOLY BASIL STIR-FRY (PAD KRA PAO)

Steps:

• In a wok over medium high heat, add the oil, shallots and garlic, and fry for 3 minutes. Add the chilies and cook for another minute. Crank up the heat to high, and add the ground pork, breaking it up into small bits and allowing it to crisp up.
• Add the sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Stir-fry for another minute and deglaze the pan with the broth or water. Because your pan is over high heat, the liquid should cook off very quickly. Add the basil, and stir-fry until wilted. Serve over rice.

THAI PORK MINCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil, add the lemon grass, ginger, garlic and chilli and fry for 2 minutes until fragrant.
• Add the sugar and mince, brown for 2 minute.
• Add the lime juice, fish sauce, vinegar and soy with 100ml cold water.
• Bring to a simmer, cook for around 5 minutes, until the mince is cooked through.
• Stir in the spring onions, and serve with rice.

THAI LARB RECIPE (LARB MOO ลาบหมู)

Steps:

• First step is to make the toasted rice (khao kua ข้าวคั่ว).
• Heat a frying pan on low heat, toss in the uncooked Thai sticky rice (no oil). Stir continuously, kind of like you're roasting peanuts or coffee. Toast the rice until it turns from white to golden yellow, almost to the point where it looks like brown wheat. It will also be very fragrant and smell almost like popcorn. It took me about 15 minutes or so.
• Once the rice is finished toasting, and has cooled off a bit, put it into your stone mortar and pestle. Pound the rice until it turns into a coarse powder (a blender or food processor will also work fine). Put your toasted sticky rice powder in a bowl aside.
• Add 300 grams of minced pork to a small sized saucepan with a handle. Fry the pork, breaking it into small minced pieces, until it's fully cooked all the way through. For best flavor, leave all the oils that come out (but if you want to be healthier, you can also drain the pork oil, and add in a splash of water instead). Take the pork off the heat.
• Leaving the pork in the same pot, add 1 heaping tablespoon of the toasted rice powder into the pork. Also toss in ½ - 1 tablespoon of chili flakes.
• Add a pinch of sugar, ½ tablespoon of fish sauce, and squeeze in the juice from 1 - 2 limes (I used about 1 ½ full limes, but I like it quite sour).
• Give the pork and the seasoning a quick stir.
• Peel and slice the shallots, finely mince about 5 green onions and a few culantro leaves (if you have them), and just pluck about 20 or so mint leaves off the stem. Throw everything into the saucepan with the pork.
• Give the larb moo a good mix, making sure all the spices and dressing coats the pork.
• Taste test. See if it needs more fish sauce for saltiness, lime juice, or chili flakes. Get it the way you want it.
• Dish it out onto a plate and garnish with more mint leaves, Thai sweet basil, and culantro.

THAI STYLE PORK WITH EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Combine soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and pepper in a small bowl. Set aside. Steam 1 inch cubes of eggplant until tender. Set aside.
• Heat wok over high heat until hot. Add oil and swirl to coat. Add eggplant and stir fry for 10-15 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate using a slotted spoon.
• Add garlic and chilli to the wok and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add mince a stir fry for 5 minutes or until brown. Return eggplant to wok and add soy sauce mixture and coriander. Stir fry for 2 minutes or until sauce has thicken slightly.
• Serve with jasmine rice! Yum!

MINCED PORK WITH THAI BASIL BANGKOK STYLE [PAT KRAPAO MOO SAP]

Steps:

• In a hot pan, add the oil and stir fry garlic and chili until fragrant.
• Add pork and continue to stir fry on medium heat until almost ready.
• Keep stir frying and add pork stock as needed.
• Add oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar.
• Increase heat to high and add fresh thai basil. Keep stir frying for few seconds.
• Serve with white basmati rice and fried eggs.

THAI PORK & PEANUT CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or flameproof casserole. Add the spring onions and coriander stalks and cook for 1 min. Add the pork slices and cook for 5 mins until starting to brown.
• Stir in the curry paste and peanut butter. After 30 secs, add the sugar, soy and coconut milk, plus ½ can of water. Mix well, put a lid on and leave to simmer for 15 mins, stirring occasionally.
• Remove the lid, add the baby corn and increase the heat. Bubble for 3 mins until the corn is cooked and the sauce has thickened a little. Stir in the lime juice and check the seasoning. Can now be frozen for up to 2 months. To cook from frozen: thoroughly defrost, then heat in a pan on the hob until curry is hot all the way through. Serve scattered with the coriander leaves and rice.