Dinner Tonight: Pork Patties with Lime Leaves and Cilantro

Dinner Tonight: Pork Patties with Lime Leaves and Cilantro
Dinner Tonight: Pork Patties with Lime Leaves and Cilantro might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 599 calories, 28g of protein, and 52g of fat each. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of bacon, thumb-sized piece of ginger, peanut oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the peanut oil you could follow this main course with the Salted Peanut Toffee Cookies as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

1
Chop the scallions, chiles, garlic, cilantro, and ginger. Stack the lime leaves on top of each other and roll them up, then finely shred them cross-wise.
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Transfer everything to a food processor and process until well-mixed into a paste. Scrape out into a bowl and set aside.
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3
Cut up the bacon into small pieces and process it into a coarse mush. Scrape out into the same bowl with the herb mixture and add the ground pork.
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4
Add a pinch of salt and fresh pepper and mix the ingredients together. If possible, refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the flavors to mingle.
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5
Divide the pork into 12 or so balls of meat, then flatten into patties.
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6
Heat the oil in a large, heavy pan over medium-high heat.
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7
Add the patties when the oil is very hot and cook over high heat, turning once, until brown and cooked through.
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Serve with white rice and a crisp iceberg salad.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings4
Health Score13
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