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Tomyam Pork Fillet ~ 泰式酸辣猪肉片

 

As an alternative to making a Thai Tomyam soup, I cooked a simple stir-fry pork fillet with Tomyam paste.  This is a quick and easy stir-fry with sweet and sour flavours which is so appealing to pair with a bowl of soft and fluffy white rice.  Or you can opt to have this with bread or buns.






Tomyam Pork Fillet  ~    泰式酸辣猪肉片

Ingredients

  • 500 gm pork fillet, sliced
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 5 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 5 bird eye chillies, chopped
  • Kaffir lime leaves
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 2 Tbsp Tomyam paste
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • Calamansi juice
Method
  1. Season the pork fillet with turmeric powder and salt for a few hours.
  2. In a wok, with some oil stir fry the chopped garlic with chopped bird eye chillies and kaffir lime leaves till fragrant.
  3. Toss in the seasoned pork fillet, stir-fry and add a bit of water.  
  4. Add in the Tomyam paste, fish sauce and sugar and simmer till meat is tender.  Toss in the sliced onions, mix well.
  5. Fine tune to taste, dish up and serve.

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