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Basil Pork Belly

Recipe by PlanMyMealsUpdated

min
35
portions
4
protein/portion
38 g
How many people?

The quantities below change with the number of portions.

4portions

Recipe written for 4 portions.

Basil Pork Belly
The photograph is AI-generated and illustrates the dish. It is not a record of a cook we carried out.

Ingredients

Quantities for 4 portions

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Method

  1. Cook the jasmine rice. Slice the pork belly into bite pieces.
  2. Heat vegetable oil. Pan-sear the belly until the skin and fat are gold; pour off extra fat. Not a deep-fry.
  3. Add garlic, chili and onion. Toss 30 seconds.
  4. Add oyster sauce, fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar. Toss until glossy. Fold in basil.
  5. Fry the eggs in the same pan. Serve the belly over rice with an egg.

Shopping tip

Barriga de porco at the butcher or Continente. Alho, malagueta, molho de ostra, molho de peixe, manjericão italiano for holy basil, ovos, arroz jasmim. Pan-sear in a wide pan; pour off extra fat.

Where it fits in your week

Suits a calmer day, or cooking ahead at the weekend.

At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.

Based on the cook time and portions the recipe states.

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The photograph is AI-generated and illustrates the dish. It is not a record of a cook we carried out.

Times, portions and protein per portion are the recipe author's estimates, not laboratory measurements.