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