Sweet Pork

This pork is coated in a caramel sauce! The recipe hails from New Caledonia in the South Pacific and was found on www.nouvelle-caledonie-tourisme.com Yield and times are estimates.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 kg pork, round
• 2  onions
• 1  tablespoon nuoc nam, plus
• 4  tablespoons nuoc nam
• 4  tablespoons soy sauce
• 2  tablespoons  whiskey
• 8  tablespoons sugar (to make liquid caramel)
• 2  small chili peppers
• 1  bunch chives

Directions

1. Remove the skin and fat from the pork (the dish will taste better), cut the pork into cubes.
2. Boil water in a pot and add one tablespoonful of nuoc-mam. Add the pork. Cook for 30 to 45 minutes. Drain the pork.
3. Thinly slice the onions and brown in a pan with the pork, nuoc-mam, soy sauce and whiskey.
4. Make caramel (cover 8 tablespoons or more of sugar with water and bring to the boil. As soon as the sugar begins to brown add a little water).
5. Pour the caramel over the pork and stir.
6. Sprinkle chopped chives and chili peppers over the dish and serve hot.