Thai Crispy Fried Pork With Garlic Moo Tod Gratiem Recipes

THAI CRISPY FRIED PORK WITH GARLIC, 'MOO TOD GRATIEM'

Steps:

• Pound your pork slices with a meat mallet to soften it, then transfer to a mixing bowl. In a mortar & pestle, pound 1/2 head of garlic. Add corriander powder, Thai pepper powder, and pound into a paste. Add this paste to the pork in a mixing bowl. Add corn starch, fish sauce, thin soy sauce, sugar and sesame oil. Mix well and let this marinade in the fridge for 1/2 hour or longer. Heat wok, and add just enough oil to fry your pork. Over medium/low heat (not too high), cook your pork in the oil and be careful not to over cook it. Fry both sides until golden brown. Remove from wok. Remove any bits of blackened garlic from the oil. Next, add 1/2 head of sliced garlic. Quickly remove it from the oil as soon as it gets brown. Set the garlic on a paper towel to dry for a few minutes. Put fried garlic on top of the pork, serve with cilantro as a garnish (optional), and your favorite rice. Enjoy!

THAI PORK WITH GARLIC & PEPPER (MOO TOD KRATIEM PRIK THAI)

Steps:

• Grind the garlic and coriander root in a mortar or blender. If using blender, add just enough oil to aid in the grinding.
• Spread the garlic and coriander root mixture together with salt and ground white pepper over the pork and marinate them about 2 hours at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
• In a wok, heat oil on a high heat.
• Deep-fry the pork about 5 minutes until they are cooked or become golden brown.
• Place the pork over lettuce leaves on a plate and serve with rice.

THAI PORK FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat a large wok over high heat until small wisps of smoke rise from the wok. Pour peanut oil into the wok and quickly stir garlic into the hot oil, followed by pork. Cook and stir until pork is browned and no longer pink inside, about 5 minutes.
• Stir rice into pork mixture; add soy sauce and fish sauce. Cook and stir mixture for about 30 seconds. Mix mung bean sprouts, onion, grape tomatoes, dried chiles, and cilantro into rice. Cook and stir until mung bean sprouts are slightly wilted and translucent, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Push the fried rice up the sides of the wok, leaving a bare spot in the center. Pour beaten egg into the bare spot and scramble egg until firm and no longer runny, about 1 minute. Stir fried rice with scrambled egg, sprinkle with green onion and white pepper, and remove from heat. Squeeze lime juice over the top and toss rice lightly to combine. Remove dried chiles before serving.