Chilli Pork and Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
• 2 long red chillies, chopped
• 750 g (1 lb 11 oz) minced (ground) pork
• 1 bunch gai larn (Chinese broccoli), trimmed, washed and chopped
• 4 spring onions (scallions), chopped
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 8 savoy cabbage leaves, core trimmed
• hoisin sauce to serve

 Method

1 Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Cook the garlic, ginger and chilli for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Increase the heat to high. Add the pork and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until brown.

2 Add the gai larn and spring onions and cook for 2 minutes, until tender. Mix together the soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and ¼ cup water. Add to the pork and cook for 5 minutes, until the sauce has reduced slightly.

3 Meanwhile, blanch the cabbage leaves in a large saucepan of boiling water. Drain well. Spoon the pork mixture into the leaves and wrap them to form a parcel. Serve with the hoisin sauce.

SERVES 4

TIP You can try minced (ground) chicken or beef if you prefer,

instead of the pork.

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