Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Sweet Soy Pork with Potato Chips



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This is an Indonesian-inspired dish from Jaden's upcoming Steamy Kitchen cookbook.

It's ground pork cooked with kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) and served with potato chips. Potato chips! Genius.

I felt the same curiosity and surprise when I first heard about lomo saltado, a Peruvian beef stir-fry with French fries, and thit bo xao voi khoai tay chien, a Vietnamese beef stir-fry also with French fries.

In this case, I tried "oven-frying" the chips, but they didn't turn out too crisp. They were more like round fries than chips. As with the two stir-fries mentioned, we, of course, enjoyed this dish with white rice.




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Posts featuring recipes tested from Jaden's Steamy Kitchen cookbook:
Tea-smoked Salmon Sandwich with Sweet Dijon Mustard
Shrimp Chips with Five-Spice Beef
Kimchi Fried Rice, an addiction
Crispy Tofu with Sweet Chili Soy Sauce
Sweet Soy Pork with Potato Chips
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9 comments:

  1. What's Cookin ChicagoDecember 23, 2008 4:14 PM

    Looks delicious but I think I'd prefer to eat it with rice (I *love* rice more than potatoes!) :)

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  2. Wandering ChopsticksDecember 23, 2008 8:03 PM

    Since I love the beef sauteed with French fries, it doesn't take much to convince me to eat ground pork with potato chips. :)

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  3. katDecember 23, 2008 8:39 PM

    How interesting serving this with potatoes like that

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  4. CharlesDecember 23, 2008 11:28 PM

    Your food pictures look amazing! I’d love to know how your setup is when picturing your food.

    Charles
    http://pampanguenacafe.wordpress.com

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  5. ManggyDecember 24, 2008 4:25 AM

    Looks deelish! You may consider following the crisping through with the microwave if you have one :)

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  6. test it commDecember 28, 2008 11:55 AM

    That looks like a tasty meal! I am going to have to look for some sweet soy sauce.

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  7. TS of eatingclub vancouverDecember 30, 2008 10:21 AM

    Joelen:
    The potatoes were part of the pork dish, so all of that got eaten with rice! (As ulam.)

    Wandering Chopsticks:
    Yes! Ours turned out a little too sweet, so I had to add plain soy sauce to balance it out. But, potato chips! How can one go wrong.

    Charles:
    We mostly rely on natural light and I just have a point-and-shoot. I don't even know exactly what kind of camera it is. Canon.

    Manggy:
    Oh! I didn't know that! (Re crisping in the microwave.)

    Kevin:
    I'm not sure if kecap manis is in the regular supermarkets now. It should be! =)

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  8. KCDecember 31, 2008 11:05 AM

    What a great way to eat chips.

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  9. TS of eatingclub vancouverJanuary 08, 2009 8:20 PM

    KC:
    Definitely. Although, I don't need any extra incentive to eat potato chips. =)

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