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Fried Pork Strands

Ingredients

• 1 lb pork loin cut in 1½" pieces
• 1 tbs fish sauce
• ½ tbs vinegar
• 1 tbs chili powder
• ½ tbs turmeric powder
• 1 tbs sugar
• 2 tbs onion pounded
• 1 tbs garlic pounded
• 1 tsp ginger pounded
• 1½ cup water
• 1/3 cup oil
• ½ tbs salt

Steps to cook

Marinate pork in a pot with fish sauce, salt, ginger for 15 minutes. Add water and boil till pork is tender and water evaporates. Place pork on a separate plate and let cool. Pound the pork slightly and break up into strands. Squeeze water of onion and garlic onto pork strands. Add vinegar.

Cook oil. Add onion and garlic and stir till golden. Add chili, turmeric and pork. Stir on slow fire till pork is crispy. Add sugar and stir lightly till sugar melts and is absorbed. Taste and adjust for salt and sugar.

Serves as a delicious dish to accompany rice.

Mya Zin

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