Caramelized Pork Stir Fry

Name: Caramelized Pork Stir Fry
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Asian, Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 onion , finely diced (brown, white or yellow) (~1/2 cup); ▢2 tsp ginger , grated or minced; ▢2 garlic cloves , minced (2 tsp paste); ▢1 birds eye or Thai chili , deseeded and finely chopped (can omit, Note 1); ▢500g / 1 lb pork mince (ground pork) (Note 2); 5 tbsp brown sugar (don't skimp, else won't caramelise); ▢2 tbsp fish sauce

5 steps

Prep:20minCook:15min

Nagi recipe Vietnamese Caramelised Pork Bowls

Updated at: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:47:42 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories375.4 kcal (19%)

Total Fat24.6 g (35%)

Carbs16.5 g (6%)

Sugars14.2 g (16%)

Protein21.9 g (44%)

Sodium794.6 mg (40%)

Fiber0.4 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

½ cuponion

finely diced, brown, white or yellow

2 tspginger

or Thai, deseeded and finely chopped, can omit

500gpork mince

ground pork

5 Tbspbrown sugar

don't skimp, else won't caramelise

2 Tbspfish sauce

Instructions

Step 1

Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.

Step 2

Sauté – Add the onion, ginger, garlic and chili and cook for 2 minutes.

Step 3

Cook pork – Add the pork mince and cook for 2 minutes or so until white all over, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon.

Step 4

Add sauce & caramelise – Add the sugar and fish sauce. Stir, then leave it to cook without touching until all the juices cook out and the pork starts caramelised – about 2 minutes. Then stir it and leave it again, without stirring, for around 30 seconds to get more caramelisation. Repeat twice more until caramelised to your taste.

Step 5

Serve over jasmine or other rice