In keeping with the family food vibe bit of this blog, this is really one for the kids. We had LOTS of guests over this Christmas / New Year which of course meant lots of cooking and drinking and drinking and eating (more highlights from this later). I’m on a real South – east Asian bender at the moment and much of this involved uncharacteristically hallucinogenic levels of chili and so could not really be considered family food. For much of the festive period I have been regularly breaking my own cardinal rule of all the family eating the same food at the same time and have been making separate meals for the kids and plonking them down in front of the TV. I liked this one because it was dead simple to make, healthy, used the same ingredients I was using for us (so-called) adults and actually had some fairly sophisticated flavours. Thumbs up from the small folk also.
Asian style pork patties and pineapple salad
- 1oog pork mince
- Handful of fresh pineapple pieces
- Handful diced cucumber
- Handful of fresh mango pieces
- dash of soy sauce
- dash of oyster sauce
- splash of fish sauce
- pinch of sugar
- squeeze of lime juice
- Steamed rice to serve
Mix the pork mince up with the soy and oyster sauces and form into little patties and whack into a non-stick frying pan on moderate heat until cooked. Make a salad out of the fruit and veg, lime juice,fish sauce and sugar.Serve with rice. It’s a no brainer.