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Try this recipe for pork skewers, then check out our pork gyros.

Ingredients

  • 8 stems (buy long ones from Asian shops if you can) lemongrass
  • 500g minced pork
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1½ tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp sriracha chilli sauce, plus more to serve
  • finely chopped to make 2 tbsp coriander
  • oil
  • 100g green beans, tailed and finely chopped
  • a pinch sugar
  • ½ lime, juiced
  • 1 round head lettuce

Method

  • STEP 1

    Peel the lemongrass stems until you reach a nice smooth, fresh looking stalk. Tip the pork into a bowl. Mix the cornflour into 1 tbsp fish sauce and add this to the pork along with the shallots, sriracha and coriander. Season well and mix everything together with your hands.

  • STEP 2

    Divide the mixture into 8 pieces and then mould each piece around a lemongrass stalk, leaving about 1cm free at one end. Very lightly brush with oil. Mix the beans with the remaining fish sauce, sugar and lime juice.

  • STEP 3

    Heat a large frying pan to medium and cook the skewers flat, turning them so they colour all over and cook through – this will take about 20 minutes. Fat will come out of the pork mince, so tip any excess off as you cook.

  • STEP 4

    Serve in lettuce leaf cups, sliding the pork off the lemongrass and adding some green beans and dressing with more sauce.

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