Dinner Tonight: Pork Patties With Lime Leaves And Cilantro Recipe
- 4 scallions
- 1-3 fresh red chiles, depending on taste
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 small bunch cilantro
- 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled
- 6 kaffir lime leaves
- 1/4 pound bacon
- 1 1/4 pound ground pork
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil
- Chop the scallions, chiles, garlic, cilantro, and ginger. Stack the lime leaves on top of each other and roll them up, then finely shred them cross-wise. Transfer everything to a food processor and process until well-mixed into a paste. Scrape out into a bowl and set aside.
- Cut up the bacon into small pieces and process it into a coarse mush. Scrape out into the same bowl with the herb mixture and add the ground pork. Add a pinch of salt and fresh pepper and mix the ingredients together. If possible, refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to mingle.
- Divide the pork into 12 or so balls of meat, then flatten into patties. Heat the oil in a large, heavy pan over medium-high heat. Add the patties when the oil is very hot and cook over high heat, turning once, until brown and cooked through. Serve with white rice and a crisp iceberg salad.
scallions, red chiles, garlic, cilantro, ginger, lime leaves, bacon, ground pork, peanut oil
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2009/11/dinner-tonight-pork-patties-with-lime-leaves-cilantro-recipes.html (may not work)