Prep Time:10 minutes

Cook Time:10 minutes

Total Time:20 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil

• 1/2 onion , finely diced (brown, white or yellow) (~1/2 cup)

• 2 tsp grated ginge

• 2 large garlic cloves , crushed (~2 tsp)

• Thai chili pepper , deseeded and finely chopped or (SUBSTITUTE: 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes)

• 1 lb Open Pasture Meats heritage breed pastured ground pork 

• 5 tbsp brown sugar

• 2 tbsp fish sauce

• 1 shallot/scallion stem, sliced diagonally across the stalk about 1/4 of an inch in length

Instructions

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.

• Add the onion, ginger, garlic and chili and cook for 2 minutes.

• Add the Open Pasture Meats heritage breed pastured pork and cook for 3 minutes or so until white all over, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon.

• Add the sugar and fish sauce. Stir, then leave it to cook without touching until all the juices cook out and the pork starts to caramelize - about 2 minutes. Then stir it and leave it again, without stirring, for around 30 seconds to get more caramelization. Repeat twice more until caramelized to your taste.

• Serve over rice, garnished with sliced scallions/shallots.

A side note, place this in a leaf of Iceburg lettuce for a phenomenal lettuce wrap or serve with a side of rice for an authentic taste of Asia !