Chilli, lime, pork and pepper stir-fry
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon grated lime rind
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 long red chilli
2 teaspoons fish sauce
300g trim pork schnitzel
6 courgettes
2 red peppers
Oil
Crush garlic, then peel and chop finely. Place in a nonmetallic bowl with lime rind, lime juice and brown sugar. Cut chilli in half lengthways and remove seeds. Chop flesh finely and add with fish sauce to garlic mixture. Remove any fat from pork and slice pork finely. Add to garlic mixture and combine well. Wash courgettes and slice. Cut peppers in half, remove seeds and slice peppers finely. Heat oil in a wok or frying pan. Quickly cook pork in batches. Remove from pan. Stir-fry vegetables and, when just cooked, return pork to pan. Toss until hot.
Serves 2
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