Thai Pork Sang Choi Bow

Thai Pork Sang Choi Bow

By Blue Dragon
These little lettuce cups are perfect for canapes or work brilliantly as a starter at a dinner party.
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Ingredients

13 total
  • 2 tbsp of blue dragon light soy sauce
  • 500 g of minced pork
  • 6 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 piece of ginger, 5 inches long, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 large handful of coriander, finely chopped
  • 1 large handful of mint leaves, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp of blue dragon fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp of blue dragon sweet chilli sauce
  • 0.5 lime, juiced
  • 1 handful of peanuts, chopped
  • 2 tbsp of vegetable oil, for frying
  • 6 leaves of little gem lettuce

Method

4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Gently peel the leaves from each of your little gem lettuce heads, trying to keep them whole, wash them and set aside.

  2. Step 2

    Add your oil, garlic, chilli and ginger to a large wok or frying pan over a medium heat and lightly fry for one minute. Then turn the heat up to a high temperature, add the pork mince and stir well, keeping the constantly moving and mixing it well with the other ingredients.

  3. Step 3

    Once the mince has cooked, add your fish sauce, soy and sweet chilli sauce and mix well. Add the juice of your lime, stir through and remove from the heat.

  4. Step 4

    Combine with the chopped coriander and mint. Then, using a dessert spoon, scoop a little of the mixture into each lettuce cup and garnish with the chopped peanuts.