RECIPE: HOW TO DO SZECHUAN PORK

RECIPE: HOW TO DO SZECHUAN PORK

You won’t miss your Chinese takeaway once you’ve tucked into this hearty, budget-friendly szechuan pork recipe.

RECIPE SZECHUAN PORK

Dificulty: Easy
Portion: Serves 4
Time: Hands on time 10 mins, plus 15 mins cooking time

Ingredients

1 tbsp groundnut oil
2 shallots, finely sliced
2.5cm piece fresh ginger, sliced
1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
500g pork mince
2 tsp Szechuan peppercorns, crushed (available in Sainsbury’s, Tesco or oriental grocers)
1 tsp Chinese five-spice
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 lime
350g basmati rice
165ml can coconut milk
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
Spring onions, finely sliced, to serve
Ginger, finely sliced, to serve
Red chilli, finely sliced, to serve

Step by step preparation

Heat the groundnut oil in a pan or wok and fry the shallots with the ginger and chilli for a couple of minutes.
Add the pork mince and quickly brown, then stir in the Szechuan peppercorns and Chinese five-spice and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the soy sauce, honey and lime juice and cook for 5 minutes more.
Meanwhile, cook the rice in a pan of boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain and return to the pan over a low heat with the coconut milk until it is absorbed.
Stir the coriander into the mince and serve on a bed of coconut rice. Garnish with some the spring onions.

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