Vietnamese Ground Pork
Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:10 minutes
Total Time:20 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil
1/2 onion , finely diced (brown, white or yellow) (~1/2 cup)
2 tsp grated ginge
2 large garlic cloves , crushed (~2 tsp)
Thai chili pepper , deseeded and finely chopped or (SUBSTITUTE: 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes)
5 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 shallot/scallion stem, sliced diagonally across the stalk about 1/4 of an inch in length
Instructions
Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.
Add the onion, ginger, garlic and chili and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the Open Pasture Meats heritage breed pastured pork and cook for 3 minutes or so until white all over, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon.
Add the sugar and fish sauce. Stir, then leave it to cook without touching until all the juices cook out and the pork starts to caramelize - about 2 minutes. Then stir it and leave it again, without stirring, for around 30 seconds to get more caramelization. Repeat twice more until caramelized to your taste.
Serve over rice, garnished with sliced scallions/shallots.
A side note, place this in a leaf of Iceburg lettuce for a phenomenal lettuce wrap or serve with a side of rice for an authentic taste of Asia !