minced pork with potatoes and carrots
Day 1 of circuit breaker in Singapore (if you guys don’t know what’s going on, Singapore loves to give fancy names to otherwise really boring things. In this case, we’re in a semi lockdown guys) which means we are highly encouraged to stay at home and stay safe. Which also means, cooking more at home (YAY) and trying out new recipes.
Anyway, this is probably my favourite dish at the cai fan stall (economy rice) and since I had some potatoes lying around, I thought, why the hell not.
Recipe
Ingredients
1 large potato
3 small carrots
150 grams minced pork
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
½ tablespoon sesame oil
Dash of ground white pepper
Oil for frying
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1½ tablespoons dark soy sauce
½ cup water
Chopped spring onion, for garnish (optional)
Method
Peel the potato and slice it. Dry both sides of the potato slices thoroughly with paper towel. Mix minced pork, light soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper in a small bowl. Set aside to marinate. Dice carrots and set it aside.
Heat some oil in a large frying pan over medium heat until hot but not smoking. Add in the potato slices in a single layer and fry, flipping the potato slices, until both the edges are slightly golden. Drain the potatoes. Repeat until all the potato slices have been fried.
Drain all the oil in the frying pan until about 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil is left. Heat over medium heat and add in the garlic. Fry the garlic until slightly golden and add in the marinated minced pork, flattening it into a single layer. Cook, untouched, for a few minutes until slightly browned then break up the pork and cook until the pork is no longer pink. Add in the potato slices and carrots, dark soy sauce and water. Bring to a boil then turn down the heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes until the potatoes are soft and the sauce is slightly thickened. If it's too dry, splash in a little more water.
Transfer the minced meat, potatoes and carrots onto a serving plate, garnish with chopped spring onions and serve!