Pork and sweet potato souvlaki

serves
6
Pork and sweet potato souvlaki
Pork and sweet potato souvlaki
Pork and sweet potato souvlaki
Pork salad gets wrapped up as a souvlaki for the perfect lunch box treat.

Ingredients (14)

  • 2 small red onions, thinly sliced
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) red wine vinegar
  • 2 sweet potatoes, scrubbed, cut into 2cm-thick chips
  • 3 tsp dried mint
  • 3 tsp dried oregano
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 100ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 750g boneless pork shoulder
  • 1 bunch mint, leaves picked
  • 1 bunch parsley, leaves picked
  • 3 truss tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 cup (280g) thick Greek-style yoghurt
  • 2 pita wraps

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Method

  • 1.
    Combine onion and 2 tbs vinegar and set aside to pickle.
  • 2.
    Put the sweet potato in a saucepan of water, bring to a boil and cook until just tender. Drain and set aside.
  • 3.
    To make the marinade, combine dried herbs, zest, garlic, remaining vinegar, ¼ cup (60ml) oil and season. Cut pork into 1cm-thick strips and toss with two-thirds of the marinade.
  • 4.
    Heat a frypan over high heat, and cook pork in batches for 6-8 minutes, turning, until cooked through. Rest, covered with foil.
  • 5.
    Heat remaining 2 tbs oil, add the sweet potato and cook for 4-5 minutes, until caramelised. Add the remaining marinade to the pan, and cook for a further 2 minutes.
  • 6.
    Combine the mint, parsley, tomato and onion.
  • 7.
    Reserve a third of the ingredients for the lunch box wraps.
  • 8.
    For dinner, serve pork with sweet potato, herb salad and yoghurt. For lunch, fill the pita wraps and enclose in baking paper.
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