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Spicy Belacan Pork Dish

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Spicy Belacan Pork Dish
Prep time
14 min
Cook time
31 min
Yield
4 servings
Difficulty
HARD

Ingredients

Quantities are shown as originally provided.

  • 1 kg sliced loin pork
  • 4 big onions sliced
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 750 ml water
  • Oil for frying
  • 1 kg potatoes cut into chips
  • 250 g green peas
  • 4 tsp sugar
  • 2 Tbsp thick dark soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp thin dark soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp vinegar
  • 200 g small onions (peeled and washed)
  • 12 cloves garlic
  • 100 g dried chillies (soaked and seeded)
  • 150 g belachan (shrimp paste, toasted)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Cut 1 kg pork loin into thin slices and into halves

  2. 2

    Smash the slices of pork with the back of the cleaver

  3. 3

    Mix sugar, thick and thin dark soy sauce and vinegar in a bowl thoroughly

  4. 4

    Pour the marinate over the sliced pork and mix until they are evenly coated

  5. 5

    Keep the marinated pork slices in the fridge until ready to be cooked

  6. 6

    Pan fry marinated pork slices for about a minute on each side

  7. 7

    Cut 1 kg potatoes into chips and soak in water to prevent discolouration

  8. 8

    Drain the potato chips completely dry before frying them in hot oil

  9. 9

    Remove potato chips from deep fryer when they are almost cooked

  10. 10

    Blend small onions, garlic, dried chillies and toasted belacan into a fine paste

  11. 11

    Pour the blended spicy paste into a hot wok with cooking oil and stir fry

  12. 12

    Fry until the rempah is cooked (when oil separates) and set aside

  13. 13

    Fry 4 sliced big onions until slightly brown

  14. 14

    Add the cooked rempah and stir evenly

  15. 15

    Add the cooked sliced pork and mix evenly

  16. 16

    Pour 750 ml water a little at a time and stir well

  17. 17

    Add 200 ml coconut milk and stir until all the ingredients are evenly mixed

  18. 18

    Add the fried potato chips and 250g of frozen green peas and mix thoroughly

  19. 19

    Let it simmer for about 10 mins

  20. 20

    Serve hot with rice

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