Name: Spicy pork with glass noodles and mint
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 150 g glass noodles; 1 oil; 500 g pork mince; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 5 cm fresh ginger grated; 2 lemon grass stalks, pounded; 2 fish sauce; 2 tsp brown sugar; 2 fresh coriander chopped; 10 g fresh mint; 5 g fresh coriander; 2 red chillies chopped; 50 g peanuts unsalted, chopped; 1 spring onions chopped; 2 limes zest and juice; 2 sesame oil; 1 tsp soy sauce; 1 sugar; limes juice only and extra to garnish

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Ingredients (19)

150 g

glass noodles

SPICY PORK:

1	oil
500 g	pork mince
3	garlic — cloves, minced
5 cm	fresh ginger — grated
2	lemon grass — stalks, pounded
2	fish sauce
2 tsp	brown sugar
2	fresh coriander — chopped
10 g	fresh mint
5 g	fresh coriander
2	red chillies — chopped
50 g	peanuts — unsalted, chopped
1	spring onions — chopped
2	limes — zest and juice

DRESSING:

2	sesame oil
1 tsp	soy sauce
1	sugar
	limes — juice only and extra to garnish

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Method:

Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add pork mince and fry until golden brown, remove from the pan, add the garlic, ginger, and lemon grass to the pan, and sauté for 1 minute, return the mince to the pan and stir through the fish sauce, lime juice and zest, brown sugar and chopped coriander. Cook for 2–3 minutes; remove from heat.

For the dressing:
Whisk together ingredients.

To assemble:
Place noodles on a platter, top with mince and stir to combine, drizzle with dressing, scatter over mint, coriander, red chillies, peanuts, and spring onion. Serve with extra limes.

Words and image: Fairlady

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