How to Bake ground pork with lemon grass skewers

Lemon grass is very good for health because it contains beta carotene, a kind of antioxidant, that's why it is used a lot in Vietnamese food, Thais food, especially  in summer.

You can find it in whole food, asian market like Mitsuwa, or 99 ranch, Hmart. I often buy it at farmer market every Saturday morning (next to UCI): only $1.5 for a big bunch.

With lemon grass, you can cook a lots of dish, here is a very simple baking dish with my beloved Breville Compact Smart Oven . All you need are:

1.Ingredients:

- Ground pork (or chicken): 1/2 pound

- Lemon grass: 3 to 4 

- Onion: 1/2

- Garlic: 2 gloves (None is ok)

- Green onion: 3

- Seasoning: black pepper, fish sauce: 1,5 spoon. If you don't have fish sauce, use some salt (depend on how salty you want, normally: 1/2 tea spoon)

- Sauce: lemon juice  (or rice or white vinegar): 1/2 spoon, sugar: 1 spoon, garlic: 1 glove, fish sauce: 1,5 spoons, water: 1/2 cup

If you don't have fish sauce in your kitchen, you can use salt: 1 tea spoon to replace it, or you can make any sauce you want: like tomato sauce

- Optional (but better to have): cilantro, mint, lecture for wrap

2. Method

- Use a big bow or even a small pot, add meat in

- Mix the meat with chopped garlic, onion, green onion and all seasonings. Leave it there for 15-30 minutes.

- Wash lemon grass, throw the outmost layer, cut into two pieces (6 inches long), then you will have 10 skewers. You can cut them thinner if you don't have enough lemon grass

- Preheat the oven to 400 degree F

- Use a little bit oil to make to baking rack not stick to meat

- Form the meat around lemon grass skewer, try to make it flat (but not two flat, otherwise the meat will be too dry)

- Bake in 15 mins, then turn over the meat, bake for another 5 mins.

Make fish sauce  If you dont have time to make Vietnamese fish sauce, use this way.

It with vege wrap, or rice, or use it as an appetizer