Lemongrass Pork with Salted Cucumber & Apple Salad
- Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
1.5kg pork neck1 long read chilli, halved5cm piece ginger, thickly sliced4 cloves garlic, smashed4 kaffir lime leaves1 stalk lemongrass, halved lengthways150g dark palm sugar, grated1/4 cup fish sauce1 cup water1 telegraph cucumber, peeled, deseeded & sliced2 green apples, peeled, cored & thinly sliced1 green chilli, seed removed & sliced1 tsp sea salt flakes1 kaffir lime leaf, thinly sliced1/4 cup white vinegar2 Tbl caster sugar2 spring onions, sliced
Preheat oven to 180C. Place the pork, chilli, ginger, garlic, lime leaves, lemongrass, sugar, fish sauce and water in a heavy-based saucepan and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Cook for 1 hour, turn and cook for a further 2 hours or until pork is tender.
Place the cucumber, apple, chilli, salt and lime leaf in a bowl and toss to combine. Allow to stand for 1-2 minutes. Places in a colander and rinse under cold water. Return to the bowl with the vinegar, sugar and spring onion and toss to combine.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user IMELDASHOEQUEEN.
Place the cucumber, apple, chilli, salt and lime leaf in a bowl and toss to combine. Allow to stand for 1-2 minutes. Places in a colander and rinse under cold water. Return to the bowl with the vinegar, sugar and spring onion and toss to combine.
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user IMELDASHOEQUEEN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 559.7
- Total Fat: 28.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 1.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 19.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
- Protein: 35.1 g
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