A Jungle curry is a Thai dish which traditionally would be made from foraged ingredients. This actually covers a very wide range of items, from river fish and wild boar to bamboo shoots and lotus shoots, but the main criteria for the curry is that it must be very hot! We have used our Indonesian Padang blend…
Wetha See Byan is a richly flavoured but incredibly easy dry pork curry, one where you’ll discover you already have all the ingredients! Well, if you keep some lemongrass and lime leaves in the freezer as we do!
Sweet and sour pork is such a classic Chinese dish. Once you have all the ingredients together it is, like all these recipes, very quick and easy. The pork is perfect in an air fryer,
Wonton soup is a popular street food in Singapore and elsewhere. Use our recipe for wontons, and then create a simple soup with chicken stock and pak choi.
This Malaysian pork recipe is rich but simple. You won’t be hunting around for unusual ingredients! But sometimes it doesn’t take a lot to create something really delicious just because you have prepared and cooked it in a slightly different way. So grab yourself some tofu (and pork!) and get cooking!
This delicious recipe is very easy to prepare and cook. Add a few chillies if you fancy a bit more bite. Serve with a tangy sambal or sweet chilli sauce.
As a change from chicken satay, why not try our idea for a pork burger topped with peanut sauce and some cucumber? You use the same spices, but with completely different results!
Doi Nei is a recipe from the North India/Thai/Burmese region. Its list of ingredients is very small, but the flavour is delicious. We used a tin of salted black beans widely available in Asian supermarkets - soy beans, not the small turtle beans associated with Mexican and other cuisines…
This Cambodian stir fry is a very simple dish, to which the beansprouts (one of our favourite ingredients) add a lovely subtle flavour. Chinese leeks would normally be used, but we have gone for the much easier to source options of a green pepper and spring onions.
Use our Satay blend to make delicious Singapore-style satay from pork mince. This type of food was very popular with the Nonya (Straits Chinese) population. Simply add fish sauce, soy sauce and lime juice for an alternative barbecue feast.
This fabulously simple Chinese pork with potatoes recipe has so few ingredients it is hard to believe it could be so tasty! Using very lean meat and cooking the potatoes from raw in the liquid both add to the flavour of the sauce.
Tinoransak is a hot and fragrant Indonesian dish from Sulawesi. It is very simple, using the flavours of green chillies, lemongrass and lime leaves. If you can’t find Thai basil, then use the usual type…
This Chinese stir fry is lifted above the ordinary by the inclusion of chilli bean paste and shrimp paste (both readily available online or in Asian supermarkets and they last for ever in the fridge!).
The Chinese use a lot of pork in their cooking, and we have made a delicious curry using our Auntie Ang’s Chinese spice blend with dried mushrooms.
Szechuan pork with green beans, or Gan Bian Si Ji Dou, is a full-flavoured stir fry with pork mince and fine green beans from the Szechuan (or Sichuan) province of China.
Nothing is more evocative of the flavour of street food in South East Asia than the following recipe…
Korean pork and cabbage parcels are a light and delicious meal. Serve as a light lunch or as part of a feast!
This Thai Pork Mince with Pineapple recipe is so simple you will not believe how delicious it is! Serve it hot with rice, or cold wrapped in lettuce.
This is one of those recipes which can provide endless variations - swap the meat, vegetables or even serve with rice rather than noodles!
This delicious meal for used up leftover char sui but you can make a vegetarian version. Egg goes particularly well with the sauce and rice!