Gochujang pork-stuffed cabbage leaves with smashed cucumber

Name: Gochujang pork-stuffed cabbage leaves with smashed cucumber
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 12 Savoy cabbage leaves, the biggest you can find; 500 g essential waitrose pork mince; 2 tbsp Cooks' Ingredients Gochujang Chilli Paste; bunch essential Waitrose salad onions, finely sliced; 50 g fresh root ginger, finely grated; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar, (or use sherry vinegar); 2 tsp reduced-salt soy sauce; 2 tsp sesame oil; 1 essential Waitrose cucumber; 1 tsp essential Waitrose clear honey; 1 red chilli, finely sliced

Gochujang is a fiery Korean chilli and soybean paste that adds a spicy tang to these delicate parcels. Chinese leaf lettuce will work just as well as savoy cabbage.

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Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare30 mins
Cook35 mins
Total time1 hr 5 mins

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Ingredients

12 Savoy cabbage leaves, the biggest you can find
500g essential waitrose pork mince
2 tbsp Cooks' Ingredients Gochujang Chilli Paste
bunch essential Waitrose salad onions, finely sliced
50g fresh root ginger, finely grated
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp Chinese rice vinegar, (or use sherry vinegar)
2 tsp reduced-salt soy sauce
2 tsp sesame oil
1 essential Waitrose cucumber
1 tsp essential Waitrose clear honey
1 red chilli, finely sliced

Method

Cut the toughest part of the rib out of the cabbage leaves, finely chop the ribs and put in a large bowl. Cook the leaves in boiling water for 2-3 minutes until soft, then refresh in a bowl of ice-cold water until cool. Drain carefully and spread out on kitchen paper.
Mix the mince with the cabbage ribs, gochujang, white part of the salad onions, ginger, 3⁄4 of the garlic, 1 tbsp rice vinegar and 1 tsp each soy and sesame oil. Fry off a pinch to taste; season if needed.
Divide the pork between the cabbage leaves. Fold in the sides, then tightly roll up to encase the filling; place seam-side down on a tray. Steam, in batches, for 6-8 minutes, until piping hot in the centre.
Meanwhile, bash the cucumber with a rolling pin until cracked all over. Roughly chop, tossing in a bowl with the honey and remaining garlic, 1 tsp each soy and sesame oil and 1 tbsp rice vinegar. Serve alongside the stuffed cabbage parcels, with some steamed rice, if liked, scattering over the chilli and green salad onion tops.