Moo Ping ( Thai street food bbq pork on skewers) หมูปิ้ง

Moo Ping: หมูปิ้ง (Thai street food BBQ pork on skewers)

Ingredients

1 Kg      Pork shoulder, sliced 

25g        Coriander roots

1            Whole garlic, peeled

2 tsp      Whole black pepper

1            Egg yolk

1 tbsp    Corn starch

1.5 cup  Coconut milk  (Save 1/2 cup for brushing)

8 tbsp    Light soy sauce

6 tbsp    Golden mountain soy sauce (Ordinary soy sauce if you                     can't get it)

120 g     Coconut sugar, shaved

3 tsp      Dark soy sauce

5 tbsp    Vegetable oil

1 tsp      Salt

              Bamboo skewers, as required.

Directions

1. Cut the pork into strips approximately 4x12cm. Set aside in a bowl.

2. Put coriander roots, garlic and pepper corn into a mortar and pestle then pound into a fine paste.

3. Place the paste into the bowl, add the remaining ingredients and marinade the pork for at least 2-3 hours, or preferably overnight.

4. Soak skewers with water to prevent them burning during cooking.

5. Thread the pork onto the skewers and grill to your liking. Brush occasionally with coconut milk while grilling.

Spicy Green Papaya and Seafood Salad

Ingredients

3-4 chillies, to taste
1 garlic cloves, peeled
6 cherry tomatoes, halved
3 tablespoons fish sauce
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon tamarind water
3-4 tablespoons brown sugar (or shredded palm sugar), to taste
1 cup shredded green papaya (paw paw)
4 medium-sized cooked prawns, peeled
4 cooked octopus, halved
4 fish balls, halved
4-5 long coriander leaves, coarsely chopped
2 table spoons roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped

Optional
Sliced pickled mustard greens
Trimmed bean sprouts
100 g boiled rice vermicelli

Using a pestle and mortar, pound the chilli and garlic to a coarse paste. Add shredded papaya (paw paw), cherry tomatoes, lime juice, tamarind water, fish sauce and brown sugar to the mortar and lightly bruise with the pestle and use a spoon with your other hand to fold the mixture ( It should taste spicy, sour, salty and sweet). Finally, add long coriander, prawns, octopus, fish balls, pickled mustard, bean sprouts and rice vermicelli and carefully work everything together.

Garlic and Pepper Pork with rice (ข้าวหมูทอดกระเทียมพริกไทย)

Garlic and Pepper Pork
(Moo Tod Kra-tiem Prik-tai)

Ingredients

1/2 cup pork, cut into 1 cm strips
1 tbsp. or 3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp black pepper, crushed
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tsp fish sauce
1/4 tsp sugar or to taste

To garnish:
1-3 sprigs coriander/Cilantro
1 tsp fried garlic
1 pinch black pepper

Cooking Instructions

Heat a wok over medium heat, add the oil and garlic. Stir-fry until the garlic is about
to turn gold (make sure it doesn't burn) then remove from the wok and set aside.

In the same wok, add pork and cook about 3-4 minutes make sure the pork is cooked then quickly add crushed pepper, fish sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and fried garlic. Mix well and serve with steamed rice or turmeric rice with chilli sauce (your choice)