World Cuisine Recipe ☆ Vietnamese Pork and Five Spice

The entire house will be filled with a spicy aroma that will make your mouth water. I normally serve this over jasmine rice with sesame seeds sprinkled on top, along with a side dish of steamed kale and garlic or stir-fried green beans with garlic and mushrooms.

Ingredients

• 4 pounds pork shoulder, cut into cubes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

Cooking Directions

1. Season pork with salt and pepper.
2. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook pork and garlic in hot oil until the pork is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
3. Stir brown sugar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and five-spice powder with the pork. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook mixture at a simmer, stirring occasionally, until the pork is tender enough to easily pull apart with a fork, about 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

• calories288.3
• carbohydrateContent4.4 g
• cholesterolContent85.2 mg
• fatContent16.4 g
• fiberContent0.1 g
• proteinContent29.5 g
• saturatedFatContent4.3 g
• sodiumContent712.8 mg
• sugarContent3.4 g