=== Braised pork with coconut and pepper===

From Will and Mai Cook

**INGREDIENTS**

  * 1 lb fatty pork (shoulder or belly)
  * 1/2 onion, chopped. 
  * 1 T sugar
  * Salt and pepper
  * 1 T fish sauce
  * 1/2 pound coarse unsweetened coconut chips (Trader Joe's has them)

**METHOD**

  * Cut 1 lb fatty pork (shoulder or belly) into 1-2" cubes.
  * Mix with salt (to taste), fish sauce (2 t), black pepper (whole or ground, 1/2 to 1 t, to taste), and finely chopped onion (1/4 onion).
  * Let pork marinate for at least 15 minutes to an hour.
  * Make caramel sauce by gently heating 1 T sugar in pan, until liquefied and browning, being careful not to burn.
  * Add 1 cup water to caramel sauce, mix.
  * add marinated meat to and 1/2 pound coarse unsweetened coconut chips (Trader Joe's has them) to caramel sauce, mix.
  * Add more water if needed, enough to cover meat.
  * Simmer for 30 minutes or more until meat is tender.

Served over mixed white and brown rice, accompanied by fresh pickled mustard