Pork balls with coconut, cucumber and cashew nuts

Pork balls with coconut, cucumber and cashews
Pork balls with coconut, cucumber and cashews
Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 500g pork mince
  • 100g fresh breadcrumbs
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
  • 2cm piece of ginger, peeled and grated
  • 4 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • Salt and black pepper
  • A bunch of coriander
  • 1 tin of coconut milk
  • 3tbs dark soy sauce
  • 100ml chicken stock, made from half a cube
  • A drizzle of toasted sesame oil
  • 80g cashew nuts
  • ½ cucumber cut into strips with a peeler

1 Set the oven to 180 degrees.

2 Put the pork, breadcrumbs, egg, garlic, ginger, spring onion, chilli, salt and pepper and half the coriander, including stalks, all into a food processor and pulse a few times until everything comes together. Don't over-blend the mix otherwise it will become pasty.

3 Mix the coconut milk, soy and chicken stock together and pour into a shallow casserole dish.

4 Divide the pork mix into 12 and roll into meatballs (if the mixture is soft, just put it in the fridge for a little while to firm up).

5 Set them into the coconut milk mixture all in one layer, if possible. Drizzle a little sesame oil over each one.

6 Cook for 25 minutes, then serve over jasmine rice with the cashew nuts, the strips of cucumber and the remaining coriander picked over the top.

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Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford