Thai Crispy Pork Recipes

THAI-STYLE CRISPY PORK BELLY

Steps:

• Cut pork belly into about 7-inch long and 1-inch thick pieces.
• Use a fork and poke both sides of the meat for the marinade to be absorbed.
• In a medium bowl, add in fish sauce, white pepper oyster sauce, sugar and mix well.
• Place pork belly in a shallow tray and pour marinade all over, rub to distribute evenly.
• Dust the flour all over to coat both sides of the meat. It will help to bind the marinade.
• Let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. If you are prepping this in advance, cover with cling wrap and store in the fridge.
• Make the dipping sauce by adding all the ingredients in a small bowl (except the toasted rice powder) and mix well. Taste and adjust with more lime juice if necessary. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan or wok over medium heat.
• Using a pair of tongs, carefully add in the pork belly and fry for 8 to 10 mins over medium heat, until deep golden brown.
• Remove and drain on paper towel for 5 minutes before slicing into bite size pieces.
• Before to serve, mix the toasted rice powder into the dipping sauce.
• Serve warm.

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 CRISPY PORK

Steps:

• Score the skin on the belly of pork crossways with a sharp knife.
• Brush the skin with the vinegar and leave to dry. Repeat three times, then rub the pork skin with the salt.
• Cut the pork crossways into thin strips. Spread out the pork on a baking tray and cook in a preheated oven at 120°C/250°F/Gaslh for about 3 hours until completely dry.
• Heat the oil in a wok, add the pork strips in batches and deep-fry for about 5 minutes, or until the skin has crackled and is golden.

THAI-STYLE CRISPY BELLY PORK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/gas 4
• Take the belly pork and score the skin right through to the flesh. Score every half inch approx. Scoring through to the flesh will help later when dicing the meat.
• Place the pork into a non-stick roasting tray, cover the skin in ground course salt. Place into oven for approx. 1 hour or until skin is golden and crispy. Chop into half inch chunks.
• While pork is cooking, crush garlic, thinly chop ginger, dice onion, slice leek, and prepare bean sprouts for cooking in wok.
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in wok add garlic, ginger, onion, leek and bean sprouts and cook until piping hot.
• Cook noodles according to packet instructions. Drain noodles thoroughly and add to the ingredients in wok along with the crispy chopped pork. Remove from heat, as noodles and pork should still be hot.
• Once removed from heat add soy sauce and honey. Toss well and serve.
• Drizzle remaining sauce from wok over food.
• Try using a Thai sweet chilli dipping sauce to add a little kick to dish

THAI PORK RIBS (SII KHRONG MUU TAI NAAM)

Steps:

• Paste: Prepare ingredients to make the paste. Peel and thinly slice galangal and turmeric; thinly slice cilantro roots. Trim lemongrass stems, then discard tough outer layers; slice into thin coins. Slice chiles into ½-inch pieces. Peel garlic cloves, then roughly chop.
• Place the mortar and pestle on a towel to keep it sturdy. Chef Ricker advises adding ingredients from hardest to softest texture when making a paste. Place dried chiles into the mortar along with a pinch of salt; pound until chiles are flaky. Add peppercorns and continue pounding, followed by galangal, turmeric, and cilantro root. As the ingredients are added, a rough paste will begin to form. Continue by adding lemongrass, garlic, and green chiles. When all of the ingredients have broken down to a rough pulp, the paste is ready. Makes about ⅓ cup.
• Ribs: Place rack meat-side down on a cutting board. Cut into individual ribs and place in a bowl. Stack lime leaves, roll like a cigar, slice very thinly (this is called a chiffonade), and set aside. Season ribs with a pinch of salt, fish sauce, sugar, and MSG (optional); toss to coat with your hands. Add the paste and 1 teaspoon sliced lime leaf, reserving the rest for garnish, and massage the ingredients into the ribs until they're evenly coated. Let rest uncovered at room temperature, 1 hour.
• Add oil to a pot over medium-high heat; when it's smoking, add ribs meat-side down in an even layer. Turn heat to medium-low (to prevent paste from burning) and brown the ribs, 6-8 minutes.
• While ribs are browning, add 5 pounds ice cubes to the bowl, along with enough water to cover the ice. When ribs are browned, turn them over and reduce heat to low. Place the bowl with ice slurry on the pot so it completely seals off the top. The steam will rise and condense on the cold surface of the bowl, then drip back onto the ribs, creating a self-basting cooking environment.
• Garnish: While ribs are cooking, trim and thinly slice the scallion. Roughly chop cilantro. Fold sawtooth leaves in half and julienne into ⅛-inch slices. Mix together scallion, cilantro, and sawtooth and set aside, along with remaining lime leaf.
• After 15 minutes, remove bowl from pot and turn the ribs over. Pour out melted ice slurry and replenish with another 5 lbs ice cubes and water. Add a pinch of salt to the ice water to keep it cold a little longer. Place bowl over pot and continue cooking, 15 more minutes.
• After 30 minutes of total cooking, remove the bowl. Continue cooking ribs uncovered to reduce the cooking liquid in the pot, 5 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning by adding salt, sugar, and fish sauce; remove from heat. Place ribs on a serving platter, and spoon paste from the pot over them. Garnish with chopped herbs (scallions, cilantro, sawtooth) and lime leaves. Serve.

THAI PORK MINCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil, add the lemon grass, ginger, garlic and chilli and fry for 2 minutes until fragrant.
• Add the sugar and mince, brown for 2 minute.
• Add the lime juice, fish sauce, vinegar and soy with 100ml cold water.
• Bring to a simmer, cook for around 5 minutes, until the mince is cooked through.
• Stir in the spring onions, and serve with rice.