Five-Spice Pork Korean Green Bean Salad
Five-Spice Pork Korean Green Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 60ml (1/4 cup) Chinese rice wine (shaoxing) (see note)
- 60ml (1/4 cup) soy sauce
- 2cm piece ginger, finely grated
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 red bird's-eye chillies
- 2 tsp Chinese five-spice
- 100g grated palm sugar or brown sugar
- 6 x 150g pork scotch fillet steaks (neck)
- 2 tbsp rice bran oil
- Sliced Lebanese cucumber, to serve
- Flat bread, to serve
- 250g green beans, trimmed
- 1 cos lettuce, outer leaves discarded, washed
- 40g sesame seeds, toasted
- 2 tbsp fried Asian eschalots (see note)
- 2cm piece ginger, finely grated
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tsp caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
Instructions
- 1
To make marinade, process rice wine, soy, ginger, garlic, chillies, five-spice and sugar in a food processor until smooth. Combine with pork in an airtight container and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or for up to 1 day.
- 2
To make salad, cook beans in a pan of boiling salted water for 3 minutes or until tender. Drain and refresh in iced water, then drain again. Transfer to a bowl. Shred lettuce into 2cm-wide strips. Add to beans with sesame seeds and eschalots. Cover and refrigerate until needed or for up to 1 day.
- 3
To make dressing, combine ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, sugar and chilli in a screw-top jar.
- 4
Preheat a barbecue to medium. Drain pork, discarding marinade. Brush pork with oil, then cook for 4 minutes each side or until cooked through. Rest, loosely covered with foil, for 5 minutes.
- 5
Toss green bean salad with dressing. Thinly slice pork and wrap with the salad and cucumber in flat bread.

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