Saeng wa of Grilled Pork

Name: Saeng wa of Grilled Pork
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 6 shallots, very thinly sliced lengthways; 15 ml/1 tbsp clear honey; 20 ml/4 tsp thick tamarind juice, made by mixing tamarind paste with warm water; 30 ml/2 tbsp dark soy sauce; 5 cm/2 in piece fresh root ginger, peeled and sliced into fine shreds; 5 kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced; 1 lemon grass stalk, thinly sliced; ½ fresh long red chilli, seeded and sliced into fine shreds; small bunch fresh coriander (cilantro), chopped; 400 g/14 oz pork fillet (tenderloin); juice of 2 limes; 30 ml/2 tbsp palm sugar or light muscovado (brown) sugar; 30 ml/2 tbsp Thai fish sauce

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thai Food and Cooking

By Judy Bastyra and Becky Johnson

Published 2011

About

Pork fillet is cut in strips before being grilled. Shredded and then tossed with a delicious sweet-sour sauce, it makes a marvellous warm salad.

Ingredients

30 ml/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
15 ml/1

Asia
Thailand
South East Asia

Method

Preheat the grill (broiler) to medium. Mix the soy sauce with the honey in a small bowl or jug (pitcher) and stir until the honey has completely dissolved.
Using a sharp knife, cut the pork fillet lengthways into quarters to make four long, thick strips. Place the pork strips in a grill pan. Brush generously with the soy sauce and honey mixture, then