Title: Vietnamese Pork "Spaghetti Sauce" over Rice
Categories: Meat Ethnic Main
Yield: 6 Servings

1	tb	Vegetable Oil
1 1/2	lb	Ground Pork
1 1/2	tb	Sugar
4 1/2	tb	Vietnamese Style Fish Sauce
1 1/2	tb	Lime Juice
2		Serrano Chiles; seeded and chopped
1/4	c	Garlic; chopped
1 1/2	c	Shallots; chopped
1/2	ts	Black Pepper
5	lg	Tomatoes; seeded and chopped
1/4	c	Tomato Paste
1 1/2	c	Chicken Stock
		Coriander Leaves
		Hot Steamed Rice

Pour oil into a saucepan and place over high heat. Add pork and saute until lightly browned, about 5 minutes, breaking up lumps. Add sugar, 1 1/2 tb fish sauce, the lime juice and chiles. Cook 1 minute. Set aside in a bowl.

Put garlic, shallots, pepper and more oil if needed into the saucepan; fry over medium heat until fragrant. Add tomato and cook until reduced to a slightly lumpy sauce, about 5 minutes. Add pork, tomato paste, remaining fish sauce and chicken stock; simmer 10 minutes. Garnish with coriander. Serve over hot steamed rice.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle Typed by Katherine Smith Kook-Net: The Shadow Zone IV - Stinson Beach, CA

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