Name: Oriental Pork Chops with Chinese Pickled Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla); 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 2-3 large red chilies, seeded and chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped basil; juice of 1 lime; 2 tablespoons mirin; 2 tablespoons peanut oil; 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger; 4 large garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped; 2 x 12 oz pork loin; 2 tablespoons light soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

China Modern

By Ching-He Huang

Published 2006

About

This is a delicious recipe that fuses a few ingredients of the Orient: nam pla (pungent fish sauce used predominantly in Thai and Vietnamese cuisine), mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine) and light soy sauce (common to Chinese and Japanese cooking). The result is a subtle but wonderful happening of fishy, salty, sour, spicy, sweet flavors all at once. It reminds me of the delightful Sichuan-Chinese style of cooking that often fuses all these taste sensations. I hope this is one dish that will b