Ketjap manis pork with sweet potato, pak choi and cashews

Ketjap manis pork with sweet potato, pak choi and cashews. Photograph: Patrick Browne
Ketjap manis pork with sweet potato, pak choi and cashews. Photograph: Patrick Browne
Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 2tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1tsp toasted sesame oil
  • 300g pork loin chops, cut into 1cm strips
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into ½ cm batons
  • 2 red onions, peeled and sliced
  • 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled and shredded
  • 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced
  • 1 large red chilli, deseeded and chopped
  • 2 pak choi, cut into quarters lengthways
  • 50ml water
  • 100ml ketjap manis or teriyaki sauce
  • Salt and pepper
  • 100g cashew nuts

1 Heat the oils on a high heat in a wok till smoking, then carefully add the pork.

2 Cook for two minutes until it colours, then add the sweet potato, red onions, ginger, garlic, chilli, pak choi and water.

3 Cover and cook for five minutes on the highest heat, turning the mixture once or twice.

4 Remove the lid, to allow the water to evaporate, then add the ketjap manis, salt, pepper and cashew nuts.

5 Turn the mixture together until everything is coated and glossy. Serve straight away with rice or noodles.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford