Filipino Pork with Peppers and Fresh Ginger

Name: Filipino Pork with Peppers and Fresh Ginger
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 450 g pork fillet; 45 g unsalted peanuts; 1 fresh red or green chilli; 2–2½ tablespoons light soy sauce; freshly ground pepper; 2 small green peppers; 1 × 2.5cm fresh ginger root; 45 g bamboo shoots; 2–2½ tablespoons arachide oil; 4 large spring onions (scallions); 1 large clove garlic; 1 tablespoon tabasco or oyster sauce; 60 ml water approx.; 1 teaspoon tapioca; salt; a pinch of sugar

Preparation info

serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Darina Allen's Simply Delicious Suppers

By Darina Allen

Published 2001

About

Oriental meat recipes make the most of a little meat. This delicious pork dish was cooked for me by Susie Noriega.

Ingredients

450 g pork fillet
2–2½ tablespoons light soy sauce
freshly ground pepper

Main course
Supper

Method

Cut the pork into 7mm strips, marinate in light soy sauce, season with freshly ground pepper and leave aside. Put the peanuts on a baking sheet and roast for approximately 20 minutes in a moderate oven, 180°C/350°F/Gas 4, until golden. Rub off the loose skins.

Halve the chilli and remove the seeds. Cut into small dice. Cut the bamboo shoots into pieces the same size as the pork. Halve a