Sesame Oil Marinated Pork Brochettes [barbecue]
Comments: A sophisticated gourmet dish.
Used along with sesame oil, lemongrass is perfect to flavor pork and give it a toasted nut sent. When using lemongrass, we must remove the outer green part and finely chop the pale green lower part of the stem. Lemongrass really is popular in South-East Asian cuisine, just as garlic is to Mediterranean cuisine and chili peppers to Caribbean cuisine.
Serve these brochettes along with rice.
Servings: 4
  • 1 1/2 pounds [680 g] tenderloin or loin pork cubes
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] sesame seeds
Marinade
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] soy or fish sauce
  • 1/2 cup [125 mL] dry Sherry or rice vinegar
  • 3 or 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3 tablespoons [45 mL] sesame oil
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] freshly finely chopped lemongrass
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] freshly finely chopped ginger
  • 1 tablespoon [15 mL] brown sugar
  • 1 seeded red chili pepper, finely chopped
  • 4 skewers
  • Into a glass bowl, really well mix together all marinade ingredients.
  • Add pork cubes; stir until well-coated.
  • Leave to marinate, refrigerated, for 2 to 4 hours.
  • Then preheat barbecue until charcoals become gray, almost white.
  • Remove pork cubes from marinade; thread pork cubes onto skewers.
  • Oil hot barbecue rack before laying brochettes onto rack.
  • Barbecue for 5 to 7 minutes on each side, until pork cubes are well-done, no longer pink inside.
  • Serve onto individual plates, sprinkled with sesame seeds.