Sticky Cola Pork

Ingredients for  2  Servings

• For the Cola Pork

• 450g

  Pork belly slices
• 1 tbsp

  Sunflower or vegetable oil
• 3

  Garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 1

  Thumb-sized piece fresh root ginger, roughly chopped
• 3

  Spring onions, roughly chopped
• -

  Salt
• -

  Fresh coriander and sliced red chillies, to serve
• For the Cola Sauce

• 1 tbsp

  Tomato purée
• 1 tsp

  English mustard
• 2 tbsp

  Light soy sauce
• 1 tbsp

  Dark soy sauce
• 1 tbsp

  Runny honey
• 150ml

  Cola

Approximate Times

• Preparation :

  Less than 30 minutes
• Cooking :

  30 minutes to 1 hour

Method

1. Put the pork belly strips in a saucepan and cover two-thirds of the way up the pan with boiling water. Add a pinch of salt and bring to a simmer. Cook for at least 15 minutes, but ideally 40 minutes, topping up with water when needed. Drain and pat dry on a clean tea towel.
2. To make the cola sauce, mix the ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
3. To finish cooking the pork, heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan over a medium-heat. Add the pork and fry on one side for about 2 minutes, or until well browned, then flip over and cook on the other side until browned and crisp. (Take care as the fat may spit.)
4. Add the chopped garlic, ginger and spring onions and fry with the pork for 10–20 seconds, stirring and tossing together. Pour over the cola sauce and boil vigorously for 1–2 minutes, turning the pork to coat in the sticky sauce.
5. Serve topped with fresh coriander and sliced chillies with rice or noodles alongside.