My favourite hot & sour rhubarb & crispy pork with noodles
This recipe was a total experiment, and I was so pleased that it worked! I wanted to use the acidity and flavour of the rhubarb to produce an incredible sauce in which to stew that tough old bit of pork, the belly, until deliciously tender. The pieces of pork were then wok-fried until crisp and served with the rhubarb sauce and some simply cooked noodles – bloody hell, what a dish! It's a winner. PS You should be able to get hold of interesting cresses at any good supermarket.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pork | 100g cooked | 242 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Shiso | not in our table | 0 |
| Rhubarb | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 kg higher-welfare pork belly, boned, rind removed, cut into 3-4cm cubes
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- groundnut or vegetable oil
- 375 g medium egg noodles
- 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced
- 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced
- 2 punnets cresses (such as coriander, shiso or basil cresses)
- 1 bunch fresh coriander
- 3 limes
- 400 g rhubarb
- 4 tablespoons runny honey
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- 2 fresh red chillies, halved and deseeded
- 1 heaped teaspoon five-spice
- 1 thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped