Crispy Popcorn Pork Bites with Katsu Sauce

Crispy Popcorn Pork Bites with Katsu Sauce

Ready in 35 minutes • Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in Bargain Box (3 Nights For 2) on Sunday, July 17, 2022.
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This delicious pork recipe will tick all the boxes for a delicious weeknight dinner. Juicy pork pieces coated in panko breadcrumbs, then quickly pan-fried for a golden crust. The crispy popcorn pork pairs perfectly with our sweet and savoury katsu sauce - served all together with jasmine and rice for a crowd-pleasing dinner.

Ingredients

Rice Salad

  • 150g jasmine rice
  • 150g frozen corn
  • 1 1/8 cup boiling water
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 1 baby bok choy, thinly sliced

Dressing

  • 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 2 tsp sweet chilli sauce

Pork

  • 300g free farmed pork scotch steaks, diced 2cm
  • 1 pack Asian herbs
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp cornflour, see tip
  • 1 egg
  • 50g breadcrumbs
  • 1 drizzle of oil

To Serve

  • 2 Tbsp katsu sauce

Steps

  1. Bring a full kettle to the boil.
  2. Combine rice, corn, boiling water measure and a pinch of salt in a medium pot and bring to the boil with the lid on. Once boiling, reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and steam, covered, for 5 more minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  3. Grate carrot and thinly slice bok choy. Mix all dressing ingredients together with carrot and bok choy in a large bowl and set aside.
  4. Pat pork dry and dice 2cm. Add to a medium bowl with Asian herbs, salt and cornflour and toss to coat. Crack egg into bowl with pork, burst the yolk with the tip of a knife and toss until well coated. Place breadcrumbs in a second bowl. Place handfuls of pork into the breadcrumbs and turn to coat.
  5. Heat oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Cook pork for about 6 minutes, until golden on all sides and cooked through. Add more oil as needed.
  6. Add cooked rice to bowl with dressing, carrot and bok choy. Toss to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. Rice salad topped with popcorn pork and katsu sauce on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 3472 kj
830 kcal
Protein 50.0g
Carbohydrate 107.4g
Fat 20.0g