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Ginger Pork chops

Ginger Pork chops with Cucumber Chilli Salsa

Use this marinade on anything Pork, Chicken or Lamb. This recipe uses Australian Cup measurements
5 from 5 votes
Cuisine Maincourses
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Marinade

  • 2 large pork chops or fillet
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 40 ml fish sauce or soy if you prefer but fish sauce makes the best marinade, 2 Tablespoons
  • 2 Tablespoons ginger grated
  • 40 ml olive oil 2 Tablespoons

Cucumber and sweet chilli salsa ( makes approx 1 cup)

  • 20 ml lemon Juice 1 Tablespoon
  • 20 ml sweet chilli sauce 1 Tablespoon
  • 1 small Lebanese Cucumber cubed (about 1 cup- skin and seeds left in)
  • 6 whole cherry tomatoes or about 1/2 cup, cut half
  • 1/4 bunch coriander stems and leaves
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Put the grated ginger, crushed garlic and fish sauce and olive oil into a bowl and add the meat turning it in the marinade. Let it sit as long as possible .
  • Meantime to make the salsa
  • Cut the Lebanese cucumber into small cubes. Halve or quarter the tomatoes. Chop the washed coriander stems and leaves and mix with the cucumber
  • Mix the sweet chilli and lemon juice & salt in a bowl and then toss all of the ingredients together. If you like a more dressing double the mixture. Set aside
  • Put a frypan onto high and heat ( or a BBQ grill). Put the chops straight into a the hot frypan and sear. Turn when one side is brown and continue to cook for approx 10 minutes.
  • I turned the heat down slightly and covered the frypan because my chops were quite thin. You may find this helps too.
  • Serve with the salsa and accompaniment. !I served mine with Lentilicious red lentils and coconut. You could serve yours with rice or mashed sweet potato