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• 1.5 tbsp cooking oil i use peanut oil
• 0.5 onion onion
• 2 tsp ginger
• 2 clove garlic
• 1 chili birds eye or thai chili
• 500 g pork mince ground pork
• 5 tbsp brown sugar tightly packed
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 stem green onion
• jasmine rice or other rice
• sliced red chilli tomato cucumber
• lemongrass

Steps

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.
2. Sauté: Add the onion, ginger, garlic and chili and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Cook pork: Add the pork mince and cook for 2 minutes or so until white all over, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon.
4. Add sauce & caramelise: Add the sugar and fish sauce. Stir, then leave it to cook without touching until all the juices cook out and the pork starts caramelised – about 2 minutes.
5. Stir and leave again, without stirring, for around 30 seconds to get more caramelisation. Repeat twice more until caramelised to your taste.
6. Serve over jasmine or other rice, or vermicelli noodles, garnished with sliced green onion and optional sliced red chilli, tomato and cucumber.