Sweet Pork

Name: Sweet Pork
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 kg pork, round; 2 onions; 1 tablespoon nuoc nam, plus; 4 tablespoons nuoc nam; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 tablespoons whiskey; 8 tablespoons sugar (to make liquid caramel); 2 small chili peppers; 1 bunch chives

Submitted by under12parsecs

"This pork is coated in a caramel sauce! The recipe hails from New Caledonia in the South Pacific and was found on www.nouvelle-caledonie-tourisme.com Yield and times are estimates."

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ kg pork, round
2 onions
1 tablespoon nuoc nam, plus
4 tablespoons nuoc nam
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons whiskey
8 tablespoons sugar (to make liquid caramel)
2 small chili peppers
1 bunch chives

directions

Remove the skin and fat from the pork (the dish will taste better), cut the pork into cubes.
Boil water in a pot and add one tablespoonful of nuoc-mam. Add the pork. Cook for 30 to 45 minutes. Drain the pork.
Thinly slice the onions and brown in a pan with the pork, nuoc-mam, soy sauce and whiskey.
Make caramel (cover 8 tablespoons or more of sugar with water and bring to the boil. As soon as the sugar begins to brown add a little water).
Pour the caramel over the pork and stir.
Sprinkle chopped chives and chili peppers over the dish and serve hot.