Recipes · Thai · Grilled Dishes

Mu Ping (Grilled Pork Skewers)

One serving has 453 kcal and 28 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (107%), selenium (74%), zinc (54%), pyridoxine (52%), cobalamin (49%) and niacin (46%). Ready in 145 minutes.

Mu Ping (Grilled Pork Skewers)
Photo: Phoebus 28, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 130 min
  • Cooking: 15 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (211 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Dairy-free, Low carb
  • Contains: fish, gluten, pork, shellfish, soy

Ingredients

  • 150 g Pork shoulder, raw
  • 20 g Coconut milk, canned
  • 10 g Sugar, brown
  • 8 g Fish sauce
  • 5 g Soy sauce
  • 8 g Garlic, raw
  • 5 g Cilantro, fresh
  • 0.3 g White pepper
  • 5 g Oyster sauce

Method

  1. Slice the pork thinly against the grain and thread onto skewers (soak wooden skewers in water first).
  2. Whisk together the coconut milk, palm sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, chopped cilantro and white pepper for the marinade.
  3. Coat the pork skewers in the marinade, cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours, or overnight for best flavor.
  4. Grill over medium-high heat (about 200 °C/400 °F), turning often, for 12-15 minutes until caramelized outside and cooked through with clear juices (74 °C/165 °F).
  5. Rest briefly and serve with sticky rice.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy453 kcal21%
Carbohydrates14.5 g
Water133 mL
Fiber0.44 g1%
Protein27.7 g58%
Tryptophan0.33 g
Threonine1.2 g
Isoleucine1.2 g
Leucine2.1 g
Lysine2.4 g
Methionine0.68 g
Cystine0.34 g
Phenylalanine1.1 g
Tyrosine0.9 g
Valine1.4 g
Histidine1 g
Fat31.4 g
Monounsaturated12.2 g
Polyunsaturated3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-62.5 g
Saturated13.2 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol107 mg
Calcium59.7 mg6%
Copper0.23 mg26%
Iron2.7 mg15%
Magnesium58.6 mg19%
Manganese0.42 mg23%
Phosphorus318 mg45%
Potassium616 mg13%
Selenium40.5 µg74%
Sodium1,146 mg
Zinc4.3 mg54%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)1.2 mg107%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.45 mg41%
Niacin (vitamin B3)6.4 mg46%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.2 mg24%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.68 mg52%
Folate (vitamin B9)19.3 µg5%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)1.2 µg49%
Choline97.5 mg23%
Vitamin A20.2 µg3%
Vitamin C5.2 mg7%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)105 IU18%
Vitamin E0.42 mg3%
Vitamin K15.6 µg17%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

1.1 kg CO2e a serving: about average for main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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