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Fiery Pork Flatbread with fish sauce and palm sugar

This Thai Flatbread leans on fish sauce and palm sugar to do the heavy lifting. We char the Pork for real depth, then bring it together in one pan.

4.4 from 1,487 cooks
Prep15 min
Cook20 min
Serves8
LevelEasy
Free to cook
Fiery Pork Flatbread with fish sauce and palm sugar
Method

How to cook it

Prep everything first: chop the aromatics, measure the fish sauce and palm sugar elements, and pat the pork dry so it colours well.

Warm the olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat and soften the onion and garlic until sweet and translucent, about 5 minutes.

Turn up the heat and add the pork. Cook over a fierce heat until well charred in patches, then finish through.

Stir in the palm sugar and the rest of the fish sauce and palm sugar flavours, letting them cook out for a minute until fragrant.

Add the cherry tomatoes along with a splash of stock or water, then cook briskly until everything is tender and the sauce clings.

Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and a little acid. It should taste bright, savoury and balanced.

Tested in the Stewart & Musell kitchen. Timings assume a standard home oven and hob.

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