Pork and rice with some pickled cucumber, we know just the sauce to transform this dish into a taste sensation - char siu, deeply rich and decadent and perfect for pork. Give it some flavourful kick by drizzling over a chilli and ginger oil. Char siu pork never lets us down.
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sachet
Mixed Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame; May be present: Soy. )
1 packet
Crispy Shallots
1 packet
Jasmine rice
1 packet
Green beans
1 packet
Char Siu Paste
(Contains: Soy; May be present: Milk, Wheat, Gluten, Fish, Almond, Eggs, Sesame. )
1
Cucumber
1
Baby Broccoli
2
Spring Onion
1 sachet
Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame; May be present: Soy. )
1 packet
Ginger Paste
2
Garlic
300 g
Tenderised Pork Fillet
1
Fresh Chilli
• Preheat oven to 220°C/200°C fan-forced. In a medium saucepan, add the water and bring to the boil. • Add jasmine rice, stir, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 12 minutes, then remove pan from the heat and keep covered until rice is tender and water is absorbed, 10-15 minutes.
TIP: The rice will finish cooking in its own steam, so don't peek!
• Heat a large frying pan over high heat with a drizzle of olive oil. Season tenderised pork fillet all over, then add to the hot pan. Cook pork, turning, until browned all over, 4 minutes. • Transfer pork to a lined oven tray and roast, 15-16 minutes for medium, or until cooked to your liking. • Remove tray from the oven, transfer pork to a plate and spoon over char siu paste to coat. Cover and leave to rest until serving.
• While the pork is roasting, thinly slice cucumber into half-moons. In a medium bowl, combine the rice wine vinegar and a good pinch of sugar and salt. • Add cucumber to pickling liquid. Add just enough water to cover cucumber. Set aside.
TIP: Slicing the cucumber very thinly helps it pickle faster.
• Finely chop garlic and fresh chilli (if using). • Place garlic, chilli and ginger paste in a small heatproof bowl. • Return the frying pan to high heat with olive oil (3 tbs for 2 people / 1/3 cup for 4 people). Heat oil until just smoking, 1 minute. • Carefully pour the oil over the ginger mixture in the bowl and stir to combine.
TIP: Use as much or as little chilli as you like.
• Roughly chop baby broccoli and green beans. Thinly slice spring onion. • Return the frying pan to medium-high heat with a dash of water. Cook baby broccoli and green beans, tossing, until tender, 5-6 minutes. • Add the soy sauce, mixed sesame seeds and a drizzle of olive oil. Toss to combine.
• Slice char siu pork fillet. • Drain pickled cucumber. Stir spring onion and crispy shallots through the rice. • Bring everything to the table to serve. Help yourself to some pork, rice, sesame soy greens and pickled cucumber. • Pour chilli ginger oil over the pork to serve. Enjoy!