These are pork chops like you've never seen before. With tangy fish sauce and refreshing pineapple som tam, you're in for a treat if you make this for dinner. Made using ingredients we got in a flash from Deliveroo.
Fish Sauce Pork Chops
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35 mins cook
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Step 1.
Start with the som tam – this can be made in advance (then chilled) up to 3 hrs before serving. Just bring to room temperature for 30 mins before eating.
Step 2.
Chop the pineapple chunks into bite-sized pieces, then chop the cucumber into similar sized pieces. Tip both into a bowl.
Step 3.
Finely chop the garlic and chilli and scrape into a small bowl. Halve and squeeze in the juice of 1 lime and spoon in the fish sauce and sugar. Stir everything together and adjust to your taste – add more lime juice, sugar or fish sauce, if you like. It should be a balance of salty, sweet, sour and funky. Pour over the pineapple and cucumber and mix well. Set aside, or chill if eating later.
Step 4.
Remove any rind from both pork chops, then use a small, sharp knife to lightly score the fat, ½cm deep, in a diagonal pattern along the fat. Season really well.
Step 5.
Slice the ginger, bash the garlic cloves and get all the other ingredients ready to go.
Step 6.
Heat a large frying pan over a high heat and drizzle the pork chops with a little oil. Once hot, put the pork chops into the pan, fat-side down, using tongs to hold them upright in the pan. Fry for 1-2 mins until golden and crisping, then lay onto their sides and fry for 2-3 mins (depending on how chunky they are), then flip and cook for another 2-3 mins. Transfer to a plate.
Step 7.
Add the ginger slices and smashed garlic to the pan and toss in the pork fat for 1 min, then pour in the chicken stock, spoon in the sugar and fish sauce, then halve and squeeze in the juice of both limes. Turn the heat to medium and stir and bubble together for 2-4 mins until thickened.
Step 8.
Put the pork chops back into the pan, along with any juices from the plate and toss and turn in the sauce for 1 min until well coated and glazed. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to rest for 5 mins.
Step 9.
Finely chop the peanuts and roughly chop the coriander, then add both to the som tam.
Step 10.
Move the pork chops onto a board and remove the bones, then thickly slice. Divide the som tam between plates, then lay the sliced pork on top. Spoon over the glaze and serve with cooked white rice and extra peanuts and coriander.
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Serves
2
2
Pork Chops
1 tbsp
Ginger Paste
2
Garlic Cloves
100 ml
Chicken Stock
75 g
Soft Brown Sugar
4 tbsp
Fish Sauce
2
Limes
FOR THE PINEAPPLE SOM TAM
200 g
Pineapple
½
Cucumber
1
Garlic Clove
1
Red Chilli
Lime
2 tbsp
Fish Sauce
2 tbsp
Soft Brown Sugar
25 g
Salted Peanuts
25 g
Coriander
To serve
Cooked Rice
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Serves
2
2
Pork Chops
1 tbsp
Ginger Paste
2
Garlic Cloves
100 ml
Chicken Stock
75 g
Soft Brown Sugar
4 tbsp
Fish Sauce
2
Limes
FOR THE PINEAPPLE SOM TAM
200 g
Pineapple
½
Cucumber
1
Garlic Clove
1
Red Chilli
Lime
2 tbsp
Fish Sauce
2 tbsp
Soft Brown Sugar
25 g
Salted Peanuts
25 g
Coriander
To serve
Cooked Rice
Get Ingredients Delivered In As Little As 20 Minutes
With thousands of grocery products, get all the ingredients you need to rustle up these tasty recipes from Deliveroo – plus, get essentials like milk, eggs, and bread delivered in as little as 20 minutes.
With thousands of grocery products, get all the ingredients you need to rustle up these tasty recipes from Deliveroo – plus, get essentials like milk, eggs, and bread delivered in as little as 20 minutes.
Press GO to start step-by-step mode and keep your screen awake as you cook.
Step 1.
Start with the som tam – this can be made in advance (then chilled) up to 3 hrs before serving. Just bring to room temperature for 30 mins before eating.
Step 2.
Chop the pineapple chunks into bite-sized pieces, then chop the cucumber into similar sized pieces. Tip both into a bowl.
Step 3.
Finely chop the garlic and chilli and scrape into a small bowl. Halve and squeeze in the juice of 1 lime and spoon in the fish sauce and sugar. Stir everything together and adjust to your taste – add more lime juice, sugar or fish sauce, if you like. It should be a balance of salty, sweet, sour and funky. Pour over the pineapple and cucumber and mix well. Set aside, or chill if eating later.
Step 4.
Remove any rind from both pork chops, then use a small, sharp knife to lightly score the fat, ½cm deep, in a diagonal pattern along the fat. Season really well.
Step 5.
Slice the ginger, bash the garlic cloves and get all the other ingredients ready to go.
Step 6.
Heat a large frying pan over a high heat and drizzle the pork chops with a little oil. Once hot, put the pork chops into the pan, fat-side down, using tongs to hold them upright in the pan. Fry for 1-2 mins until golden and crisping, then lay onto their sides and fry for 2-3 mins (depending on how chunky they are), then flip and cook for another 2-3 mins. Transfer to a plate.
Step 7.
Add the ginger slices and smashed garlic to the pan and toss in the pork fat for 1 min, then pour in the chicken stock, spoon in the sugar and fish sauce, then halve and squeeze in the juice of both limes. Turn the heat to medium and stir and bubble together for 2-4 mins until thickened.
Step 8.
Put the pork chops back into the pan, along with any juices from the plate and toss and turn in the sauce for 1 min until well coated and glazed. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to rest for 5 mins.
Step 9.
Finely chop the peanuts and roughly chop the coriander, then add both to the som tam.
Step 10.
Move the pork chops onto a board and remove the bones, then thickly slice. Divide the som tam between plates, then lay the sliced pork on top. Spoon over the glaze and serve with cooked white rice and extra peanuts and coriander.
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