Ingredients
1 | Red chilli, finely sliced |
1 piece | Fresh ginger, 2cm, grated |
3 Tbsp | Liquid honey |
2 Tbsp | Sesame oil |
1 Tbsp | Rice bran oil, or any other light oil eg grapeseed oil |
400 g | Pork, lean, diced (Main) |
1 | Green pepper |
1 | Red pepper |
3 | Tomatoes |
2 cups | Fresh herbs, half cup each of fresh mint, basil, coriander and Vietnamese mint |
1 bunch | Spring onion |
1 packet | Rice noodles, or vermicelli (Main) |
2 Tbsp | Sesame seeds |
1 | Lemon, or lime, the juice squeezed over before serving |
Directions
- Mix the chilli and ginger with the honey, a tablespoon of sesame oil and the grapeseed or rice bran oil.
- Toss the pork through this mix and leave to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Finely slice the peppers.
- Dice tomatoes, removing seeds but leaving skin on.
- Pick over the herbs.
- Finely chop the spring onions. Toss all these ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
- Cook off the noodles by blanching in boiling water. Cool by running cold water through them and allow to drain. You need around 2 cups of cooked noodles.
- Toast the sesame seeds.
To assemble
- In a heavy pan sear the pork and remove to a medium oven for 10 minutes to finish cooking. Make sure all the chilli and ginger is cooked with the pork pieces.
- Mix the salad and the noodles together and set out on a serving platter or on individual plates.
- Sit the cooked pork on top of this, tipping any juices over the salad.
- Splash another tablespoon of sesame oil and squeeze a lemon or lime across the ingredients.
- Sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds and serve.