Name: Barbecued sticky Chinese pork chops
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Easily halved or doubled
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 pork chops; 1 tsp five-spice powder; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce; 2 tbsp each soy sauce brown sugar, honey; 1 tsp dry sherry or Shaohsing rice wine; thumb-sized piece ginger grated; 1 garlic clove crushed; 2 tsp fish sauce; juice 2 limes; 2 tsp soft brown sugar; 1 shallot thinly sliced; 1 red chilli thinly sliced; 1 cucumber halved lengthways, then sliced; small bunch mint roughly chopped; 50g roasted peanuts chopped

4 pork chops

For the marinade

1 tsp five-spice
powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp hoisin sauce
2 tbsp each soy sauce
brown sugar, honey
1 tsp dry sherry
or Shaohsing rice wine
thumb-sized piece ginger
grated
1 garlic clove
crushed

For the salad

2 tsp fish sauce
juice 2 limes
2 tsp soft brown sugar
1 shallot
thinly sliced
1 red chilli
thinly sliced
1 cucumber
halved lengthways, then sliced
small bunch mint
roughly chopped
50g roasted peanuts
chopped

Method

step 1
Make marinade by mixing ingredients together. Put chops in a shallow bowl or tray, pour marinade over, turning chops to make sure they are coated all over, and leave to stand for at least 30 mins.
step 2
To make salad, put the fish sauce, lime juice and 1 tbsp water into a small bowl, add the sugar, then mix until dissolved. Stir in shallot and chilli. Put cucumber in a serving dish, sprinkle mint over, pour dressing over and scatter with peanuts.
step 3
Heat the barbecue or griddle pan and cook chops on each side for 4-5 mins, until cooked. Serve with cucumber salad.