Beer-battered pork popcorn served with sticky rice and sweet chilli sauce, on little gem

cheriejones
cheriejones @cheriejones
Sussex, UK

This Thai-inspired dish is great for outdoor dining. It can be served as canapé or starter. Beautiful individual finger-portions, packed full of flavour and contrasting textures, will be sure to impress your guests. Let’s enjoy fine dining in your garden. #summerchallenge1

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Ingredients

4-5 people
  1. 1/2 kg Pork shoulder
  2. 1 Tbsp light soy sauce
  3. 1 Tsp Maggi sauce
  4. 1/4 Tsp salt
  5. 1/2 Tsp Ground white pepper
  6. Fry, assemble and garnish
  7. 2 Cups vegetable oil (to fry)
  8. 1 cup beer (or soda water for no alcohol)
  9. 1/4 Tsp salt
  10. 25 grams sweet corn
  11. 1/4 bunch coriander
  12. 1 red chilli (optional)
  13. 2 cups sticky rice

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Prepare ingredients for marinade,

  2. 2

    Cut pork to thin and small pieces

  3. 3

    Put all ingredients to marinade in freezer bag. Massage and coat the pork with all the sauce. Then put it to the fridge for 1-3 hours or more.

  4. 4

    Soak sticky rice for 45 minutes before cooking by your convenient method

  5. 5

    Make the batter by adding all self raising flour, salt and beer in the large bowl. Mix them and add marinaded pork to the batter.

  6. 6

    Fry pork on medium heat for around 4-5 minutes per batch. Take them out when they are done and golden. Drain/rest them for 4-5 minutes in the sieve before putting on the plate and leave them aside.

  7. 7

    Take little gem apart to individual leaves and clean them. Prepare sweet corn, coriander and red chilli (optional).

  8. 8

    Assemble sticky rice, fried pork popcorn, sweet corn into the little gem leaf. Garnish with coriander and red chilli. Add sweet chilli sauce to your liking.

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Love eating with passion so start cooking with passion. Thai cooking instructor, private chef, MLP Royal Thai culinary trained, Leiths Trained. Authentic Thai recipe meal kit & feast box with the combination of fresh British Ingredients & authentic Asian ingredients. Large selections of dishes in Vegan Range. Weekly cook along sessions on Facebook & Instagram. Check out and order: www.flavoursbyjones.com www.instagram.com/flavoursbyjones www.facebook.com/flavoursbyjones **I don’t chat in the personal chat. If you have a question, please comment at the recipe. I will reply shortly.
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