Prawn cakes with cucumber peanut relish
These South-east Asian grilled fishcakes make for a lovely, light dinner party starter, served with a chilli, cucumber and rice vinegar relish
Pork shoulder braised in black vinegar & rice wine with pickled chillies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus at least 1 hr marinating
- Easy
- Serves 6
Skip to ingredients
- 1 ½kg pork shouldercut into 4cm/11/2in pieces
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 200ml Shaohsing rice wine(or dry Sherry)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 garlic clovesthinly sliced
- 5cm/2in piece gingerpeeled and julienned
- 50g light brown soft sugar
- 3 tbsp oyster sauce
- 125ml Chinese black vinegar(see tip)
- 500ml vegetable stock
For the pickled chillies
- 1 long or 2 bird's-eye red chilliessliced
- 1 shallotthinly sliced
- 75ml rice wine vinegar
To serve
- toasted sesame seeds
- julienned spring onions
- steamed rice
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal417
- fat19g
- saturates5g
- carbs14g
- sugars12g
- fibre1g
- protein47g
- salt3.4g
Method
step 1
Put the pork in a bowl and add 1 tbsp each of the soy sauce and rice wine. Toss to combine, then cover and chill for 1 hr, or overnight if time permits.
step 2
To make the pickled chillies, put the chilli, shallot and rice vinegar in a small bowl with a big pinch of salt, and let stand for 1 hr or more.
step 3
Heat the vegetable oil in a heavy- based saucepan over a medium heat, add the garlic and ginger, and sauté for 2-3 mins or until golden. Add the pork and all the remaining ingredients, and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 45 mins. Remove the lid from the pan to allow the liquid to reduce, and cook for a further 45 mins or until the meat falls apart.
step 4
Serve scattered with the sesame seeds and spring onions, with steamed rice and the pickled chillies on the side.
