Naga Smoked Pork with Bamboo Shoot
Smoked pork simmered with fermented bamboo shoot and raja mircha
Allergens in Naga Smoked Pork with Bamboo Shoot: none of the ten listed below.
Ingredients
Quantities for 4.
- 700g smoked belly, in cubes Pork
- 1 cup fermented, rinsed Bamboo Shoot
- 4 Green Chilliraja mircha traditionally, use far less
- 2 tbsp Ginger
- 8 cloves Garlic
- 1, sliced Onionoptional
- 1 Tomatooptional
- to finish Coriander Leavesoptional
- to taste Salt
Cookware
stovetop
Checked against the ingredient list for ten allergens: milk, egg, fish, crustaceans, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, mustard, soy and gluten. Brands vary, so read the label on anything new to you.
Before you start
- Naga cooking uses very little oil and few spices; the flavour is carried by smoke, fermentation and heat. Adding garam masala here would be a mistake.
- Fermented bamboo shoot is pungent. Rinse it, and add it in stages, tasting as you go.
Method
- Rinse the fermented bamboo shoot in two changes of water and drain.
- Put the smoked pork in a pot with the ginger, garlic, chillies and just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil.No oil. The pork renders plenty of its own.
- Simmer covered 45-60 minutes until the pork is tender and the water has reduced by half.
- Add the bamboo shoot and the onion and tomato if using, and cook a further 15 minutes.Taste before adding all the bamboo. Its sourness varies enormously between batches.
- Season with salt only at the end; smoked pork is already salty.
- Serve with plain rice and a raw chilli on the side.
Safe temperatures: Whole cuts of mutton, beef and pork are done at 63°C / 145°F, rested 3 minutes. A long braise passes that well before the meat is tender. Reheat leftovers to 74°C / 165°F. FoodSafety.gov
Storage
Keeps 3 days refrigerated and improves. Freezes 2 months.
Nutrition Medium estimate
One serving of Naga Smoked Pork with Bamboo Shoot (290 g) is about 294 calories, or 102 calories per 100 g.
High protein: 40 g a serving, 54% of the calories
| Per serving290 g | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 294 kcal | 102 kcal |
| Protein | 39.6 g | 14 g |
| Carbohydrate | 9.5 g | 3 g |
| of which sugars | 3.5 g | 1 g |
| Fibre | 2.0 g | 1 g |
| Fat | 10.2 g | 4 g |
| of which saturated | 3.5 g | 1 g |
| of which unsaturated | 5.7 g | 2 g |
Ingredients given to taste count as zero, so the real figures run a little higher. Estimated from raw ingredients using USDA FoodData Central.
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