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A dish from Macau, made with mince, potatoes, and rice.

Ingredients

Marinade

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix the mince pork with the marinade ingredients, mix until well combined then leave to marinate while getting started on the potatoes.

  2. 2

    Peel and dice up a potato and leave to soak in cold water while prepping rest of the ingredients.

  3. 3

    In a deep saucepan filled with neutral oil, heat the oil until hot. Pat fry the cubed potatoes before deep frying them until golden brown - around 5-7 minutes.

  4. 4

    In a pan over medium-high heat, add 2 tbsp of neutral oil followed by onions and shallot. Stir fry for 1 minute before adding garlic and a bay leaf.

  5. 5

    Stir fry until aromatic and onions start to turn translucent.

  6. 6

    Add in the marinated pork and pan fry while mixing and breaking up the mince into small chunks; allow it to fully cook and get brown.

  7. 7

    Add in the rest of the sauces and mix until well combined, taste and adjust to liking (you can add a cornstarch slurry if it becomes too saucy, to help thicken but i didn’t need to add).

  8. 8

    Add in all the cooked potatoes (or keep some aside as garnish) into the seasoned mince, mix until combined.

  9. 9

    Serve alongside warm white rice and a runny fried egg.