Nutritionist Recipe - 33. Lemongrass Pork Chop with Spicy Rice

Ingredients (for 4):

• Pork chop - 4 pieces
• Spring onion - 1
• Chili - 1
• Honey - 1 tsp
• Fish sauce - 2 tbsp
• Lemongrass - 2
• Ginger - 3 slices
• Garlic - 5 cloves
• Shallot - 1
• Fish sauce - 2 tsp
• Dark soy sauce - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 2 tsp
• White pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Corn starch - 2 tsp
• Rice - 1.5 bowl
• Chicken stock - 1 bowl
• Chinese five spice - 1/2 tsp
• White pepper powder - 1/3 tsp

Procedures:

1. Wash the pork chop and then drip dry. Hammer the pork chop to loosen the texture.

2. Wash the spring onion and chili, then cut into small pieces. Add fish sauce to make the dipping sauce.

3. Peel the garlic and shallot, then chop into pieces.

4. Peel the ginger and cut into pieces.

5. Wash the lemongrass, then hammer and cut into pieces.

6. Blend the lemongrass, ginger, garlic and shallot.

7. Add corn starch, dark soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, white pepper powder to the mixture, then marinate the pork chop overnight.

8. Wash the rice and then add chicken stock, then add Chinese five spice, white pepper powder and more water, cook until the rice is well-cooked.

9. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degree Celsius, then put the pork chop in and bake for 10 minutes. 

10. Take the pork chop out, flip over and brush with honey, then continue to bake for another 10 minutes.

11. Take the pork chop out, flip over and brush with honey, then continue to bake for another 3 minutes.

12. Serve with the dipping sauce.