Thai Street Food Made at Home - Crazy Easy and Crazy Delicious in 30 Minutes

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb ground pork (or you could use ground turkey)
• 1 shallot, thinly sliced
• 1 habanero, finely chopped (or bird’s eye chili, if you can find it)
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 c cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 c mint leaves, use your hands and tear it apart, it releases the oils beautifully
• 1 Tbsp fish sauce
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• Juice from 1 lime
• Maldon salt to taste

Instructions

1. Chop all ingredients "mise en place."
2. Grab a bowl and combine the shallots, fish sauce, hot peppers, sugar, lime juice, and half of the scallions, mint, and cilantro.  You’re nearly halfway done :)
3. Heat 1 Tbsp neutral oil (link Pantry one) over medium heat and cook the ground pork for about 5 minutes.  This step is not meant to brown the ground pork, but just to cook it until it’s no longer pink.  I use a wooden spoon and move the meat around frequently to achieve even cooking and break up any clumps.
4. Remove the pork and drain the juices (in other words, use a slotted spoon to take the meat out of the skillet).
5. Let the meat cool a couple minutes.
6. Combine the meat with the sauce and give it good stir.  Taste it. Now is a good time to add some Maldon salt to brighten up the flavors a bit.
7. Serve over cooked rice, top with remaining scallions, mint, and cilantro, and serve with an ice cold beer (a Corona Extra works excellent).