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Pork cutlets with apple chilli and coriander salsa

<p>This seasoning is perfect for pork or beef. Unlike a marinade it doesn’t need long to flavour the meat which can be cooked after about 10 minutes.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li>4 pork sirloin steaks or trimmed pork cutlets</li> </ul> <p><em>For the seasoning</em></p> <ul> <li>2 Tablespoons fish sauce</li> <li>2 Tablespoons ginger</li> <li>2 Tablespoons olive oil</li> <li>2 cloves  garlic</li> </ul> <p><em>For the salsa</em></p> <ul> <li>1 small Lebanese cucumber fine diced (1 cup/ 150 gm)</li> <li>1 granny smith apple peeled and fine diced (1 cup)</li> <li>1/2 bunch washed chopped coriander leaves and stems (1 cup)</li> <li>120 ml or 1/2 cup Thai style sweet chilli sauce</li> <li>½ cup mint leaves chopped</li> <li>2 tablespoons lemon or lime juice</li> </ul> <p><em>To finish </em></p> <ul> <li>1 Tablespoons maple syrup or honey to glaze</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method: </span></strong></p> <ol> <li>Put the grated ginger and garlic, fish sauce and olive oil into a bowl big enough to hold the meat. Turn over a few times and set aside.</li> <li>Put the fine diced apple, cucumber and chopped stalks and leaves of the coriander into a bowl along with the mint, lemon juice and sweet chilli sauce. Stir well.</li> <li>The Pork can be cooked on the BBQ or in a frypan. Put the pan onto high heat till smoking. Shake off any liquid from the meat and put into the frypan and sear. Leave for 3 minutes or till golden before turning over. (Cutlets take a little longer- cover with a lid for 5 -8 minutes after turning). Cook for another 3 minutes then turn off and drizzle with the maple syrup. Turning over a couple of times to glaze. Put onto a plate to rest for 3 minutes.</li> <li>Serve the Pork Steak / Cutlets with Apple Salsa. This will go well with rice.</li> </ol> <p><em><strong>Have you ordered your copy of the Over60 cookbook, </strong></em><strong>The Way Mum Made It,</strong><em><strong> yet? Featuring 175 delicious tried-and-true recipes from you, the Over60 community, and your favourites that have appeared on the Over60 website, <a href="https://shop.abc.net.au/products/way-mum-made-it-pbk" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">head to the abcshop.com.au to order your copy now</span></a>.</strong></em></p>

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