Sticky Pork Pineapple Hotpot Recipes

STICKY PORK & PINEAPPLE HOTPOT

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, flameproof casserole dish. Season the pork, and brown it in 2 or 3 batches until golden, about 5 mins per batch. Set aside in a bowl. Stir the onions into the remaining fat, cover and soften for 5 mins - they will take on the browned colour of the meat. Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
• Add the garlic, coriander stalks, chillies and anise to the dish, sizzle for 1 min, stirring often, then mix in the sugar and tomato purée. When these have melted and it looks a bit like barbecue sauce, return the pork and its resting juices to the dish, along with the fish sauce and stock. Tuck in the pineapple chunks here and there.
• Once simmering, cover the hotpot, leaving a small gap for steam to escape, and transfer to the oven for 2 hrs. With 30 mins to go, skim some of the fat from the top (this tends to seal the liquid in, making it more difficult for the sauce to reduce), then return to the oven. The pork will be meltingly soft when ready. If the sauce is thin, lift the pork into a warmed serving dish, put the casserole dish on the hob and simmer until the sauce has slightly thickened. Leave to cool for 5 mins, taste for seasoning, pour over the pork and sprinkle over the coriander leaves.

STICKY PORK

Steps:

• Tip all the marinade ingredients into a shallow dish and stir to combine. Coat the pork in the marinade and, if you have time, leave for 1 hr or even better overnight. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
• Heat an ovenproof pan and take the pork out of the marinade. Brown on all sides, then baste over the rest of the marinade and roast the pork for 20 mins until cooked all the way through, basting with its juices every 5 mins or so. Serve the pork sliced with rice and your favourite steamed greens.

PINEAPPLE STICKY PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a bowl combine all ingredients (except the pork chops and vegetable oil) and set to the side.
• Heat the oil in a heavy bottom oven proof skillet until the oil shimmers.
• Pat the chops dry and add them to the hot pan.
• Cook for two minutes on the first side, flip the chop and cook for an additional minute.
• Transfer the chops to a plate.
• Pour the excess oil out of the pan (but don't wipe the pan out).
• Add the sauce mixture, scrape up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Simmer the sauce over medium heat, stirring frequently until sauce is thick and glossy, about 4- 5 minutes.
• Take the pan off the heat and add the pork chops to the pan, turning to coat in the sauce.
• Place the skillet in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
• Spoon the sauce on top of the pork chops and serve.