Vietnamese Sticky Pork Recipe | Simple Home Edit

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 stalk lemongrass or 1 tbsp lemongrass paste (optional, see note 1)
• 1 tbsp freshly minced garlic
• 500 g minced (ground) pork
• 1 tsp dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp tamari or all-purpose soy sauce
• 1 tbsp fish sauce (see note 2 for substitutions)
• 1 tbsp lime juice (see note 3 for substitutions)
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• ¼ tsp freshly cracked black pepper
• 1 tsp cornflour (cornstarch)
• 1 tbsp water
• Steamed jasmine rice
• 4 fried eggs (optional)
• 1 spring onion (scallion), finely sliced
• 1 large red chilli, finely sliced (optional)
• 2 Lebanese (short) cucumbers, sliced