WEEPING TIGER
WEEPING TIGER
Serve: 2
Ingredients for marinating:
480 gram Pork loin steak
2 tbs Oil
1 tbs Honey to drizzle
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ground black pepper
Ingredients for the sauce “Jaew”:
2 tbs Coriander – finely chopped
1 tbs Garlic – finely chopped
1/2 tsp Birds eye red chilli – deseeded and finely chopped
2 tbs Fish sauce
2 tbs Lemon juice
1 tbs Light soy sauce
1 tbs Water
2 tsp Coconut sugar
2 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Cornflour
5 Cherry tomato – halved
1 tbs Oil
Method
-Mix the pork steaks, salt, pepper and oil in a mixing bowl. Then leave it to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
-Gently heat the vegetable oil and garlic in a saucepan. Once, the garlic turns slightly golden in colour add the red chilli, coriander, lemon juice, fish sauce, soy sauce, coconut sugar, sugar and tomatoes. Gently heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
-Mix the cornflour and water in a small bowl. Add the flour mixture into the saucepan. Keep stirring until the cornflour’s cooked (the liquid turns darker in colour). Remove the sauce from the heat.
-Drizzle the honey on the pork steaks. Then cook them on the heated the griddle pan. Cook approx 6-8 minutes (turn every 2 minutes on each side).
-You can either drizzle 1-2 tablespoon of the sauce on each steak then serve or serve it as a dipping sauce.
-Best to serve Weeping Tiger with Thai sticky rice or Thai Jasmine rice and crunchy salad.
Tip:
-Keep a close eye whilst cooking the garlic as it is easily burnt.
-The original Weeping Tiger uses a good quality beef steak. Cook accordingly as to how you like it.
-Struggling to find Birds eye chilli? Feel free to use chilli flakes instead.
-Thais love eating Weeping Tiger with Spicy Papaya Salad and Thai Sticky Rice. Happy cooking!
