Avocado Sang Choy Bow
Serves: 4
Ingredients
● 1 tbsp peanut oil
● 1 shallot, finely chopped
● 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
● 1 small red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
● 125g ground pork
● 1 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
● 100g unsalted peanuts, chopped
● 1 tbsp fish sauce
● 2 tbsp soy sauce
● 1 juice of lime
● 1 tbsp clear honey
● 4 ice-berg whole lettuce leaves
● 30 g bean sprouts
● 1 avocado, halved, peeled and diced
● coriander leaves, to garnish
Method
1. Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the shallots and garlic for two minutes.
2. Add the chilli, pork and five-spice and cook for a further five minutes.
3. Stir in the peanuts, fish sauce, soy sauce, lime juice and honey and warm through gently, stirring until the pork is cooked through.
4. Allow to cool, then chill for at least 20 minutes.
5. Separate the lettuce leaves and place 4 on a large serving platter.
6. Stir the bean sprouts into the minced pork, then spoon into the lettuce leaves.
7. Top with diced avocado.
8. Drizzle with some soy sauce and/or chilli sauce and garnish with coriander leaves and serve.
