Sweet Pork Condiment
Thai dish with brown sugar, light soy sauce, palm sugar.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Thailand
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ cup light soy sauce
- 5 tablespoons palm sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons fish sauce
- 350 g pork shoulder
Steps
- Mix the light soy sauce and sugar together in a bowl.
- Add the pork and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 36–48 hours to maintain the quality and taste of the pork.
- Steam the pork over boiling water for about 20 minutes.
- After the steaming is finished, let the pork rest for about 10 minutes.
- Slice the pork into pieces.
- Put the palm sugar into a pan, and stir it over a low heat until it melts.
- Simmer until the sugar browns.
- Add the fish sauce and water all together.
- Add the pork to the sauce.
- Mix well to coat.
- Simmer the pork in the sauce for about 5–10 minutes.
- Mix the pork and the sauce together.
Adapted from “Sweet Pork Condiment”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.