Vietnamese Ground Pork in Tomato Sauce (Thịt Băm Sốt Cà Chua)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• ½ lb ground pork

  (you can sub any other ground meat, crumbled tofu or a plant based substitute)
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon shallot, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion diced

  (about ½ cup)
• 1 large tomato diced

  (about 2 cups)
• ½ teaspoon chile flakes

  (optional)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste

  (optional)
• ¼ cup water, vegetable or chicken stock

  (optional)
• 3 stalks scallion, finely chopped

Instructions

• 1 Season the ground pork with salt, pepper, shallot, garlic and fish sauce. Set
  aside and dice the vegetables
• 2 In a small saucepan on medium-high heat, sweat the onions in 1 tablespoon of oil
  and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• 3 Add diced tomato and the optional flakes. Simmer and let tomatoes break down for
  about 10 minutes.
• 4 Add the pork mixture and stir to break down pork into small pieces. Add a splash
  of stock and some tomato paste for a deeper flavor. (optional) Simmer for
  another 10 minutes until pork is fully cooked and the flavors have developed.
• 5 Turn off the heat and wilt chopped scallions into the sauce
• 6 Serve with rice, over salad, with noodles etc.

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