Grilled Pork Skewers

Grilled pork on skewers

Muu Ping

Serves 2 Cooks in 30 minutes + marinating 2 hours Difficulty Easy

Muu Ping, or Grilled Pork Skewers, are one of Thailand’s most popular street food snacks — smoky, sweet, and marinated in a rich blend of garlic, coriander root, and palm sugar. Serve them with sticky rice for an authentic taste of Thailand.

Ingredients

  • 500g – 1kg pork neck
  • 7 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
  • 2 coriander roots, roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar + 1 tsp extra
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp pork stock
  • 50ml coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp tapioca flour
  • 1 lemongrass stalk, bashed with the blunt side of a knife
  • Wooden skewers
Ingredients you will need for grilled pork skewers
What you will need.
Marinating the pork
Marinating the pork
Pork prepared on skwers
Pork prepared on skwers

Method

  1. Thinly slice the pork lengthways around 2cm thick and 10cm long, thinner or thicker to taste.
  2. Smash the garlic, coriander root and black peppercorns in a pestle and mortar.
  3. In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together except the lemongrass and retain the extra 1 teaspoon of palm sugar. Then add the pork and mix well. Leave the mixture to marinate for at least 2 hours.
  4. Put the pork on the wooden skewers and place on your grill tray.
  5. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon palm sugar to the left over marinate and mix until the sugar has dissolved.
  6. Baste the pork skewers using the bashed lemongrass stalk with some of the remaining marinate.
  7. Place under the grill or on a barbecue.
  8. Turn and baste the pork skewers 3 to 4 times as they cook. If any part of the pork starts to burn you can simply cut off the burnt bits with a pair of scissors.

To Serve

Serve on a plate with some sticky rice

Hope you enjoy Muu Ping by Apple 🍎 Riverside Thai Cooking in Khao Lak.