serves
4
prep
10 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
10
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Lemongrass
episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 24m
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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • cooking • 24m
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Ingredients
- 500 g pork belly, rind removed, cut into 1 cm wide strips
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 3 garlic cloves
- ½ small brown onion, finely diced
- 1 stalk lemongrass, trimmed and finely chopped
- 1 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp neutral oil (canola, sunflower, peanut etc.)
Nuoc cham
- 1 bird's-eye chilli, roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 2 tsp caster sugar, or to taste
- 1-2 tbsp fish sauce, or to taste
To serve
- 6 cups cooked white rice
- 4 eggs fried
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- 1 tomato, sliced
- coriander sprigs, picked
- mint leaves, picked
Marinating time: 1 hour
Instructions
- Combine the pork belly with the listed ingredients in a zip lock bag or bowl and marinate for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight.
- Heat a barbecue grill over high heat and grill the pork belly for about 2 minutes on each side until just cooked through. You can brush with a little oil if needed, but the fat from the pork belly should render to oil the meat.
- For the nuoc cham, place the chilli and garlic in a mortar and pound to create a coarse paste. Add the lemon, vinegar, sugar and fish sauce and mix with the pestle to combine.
- Serve the grilled pork on rice with a fried egg, sliced cucumber and tomato, sprigs of herbs and nuoc cham to dress.
Photography by Danielle Abou Karam.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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