Ontario Pork Blog

Here I have paired these tasty patties with the fresh ingredients/toppings of a Banh Mi sandwich. The patties are brushed with a Lemongrass Pepper Sauce, adding a kick of Asian inspired flavours and everything is served with the freshest buns from a local bakery.

Easy Coca-Cola BBQ ribs, which are slow-cooked in the oven for 4 hours with a simple, tasty dry rub and then smothered with a smoky layer of homemade cola BBQ sauce.

These green curry meatballs with coconut embody the flavours of Southeast Asia have become part of the North American palate, and people love Thai curry, whether fiery hot green, aromatic red or mild but still exotic yellow.

You can serve this salad warm or cold. Take this to your next potluck for rave reviews.

We love the tapas culture when visiting Barcelona, and there are now so many more quality Spanish ingredients available in super- markets and specialty shops in North America. The real key to making this tasty morsel is using the Medjool dates—soft, sweet and savory, they’re the perfect container for the cheese, peppers and chorizo!

The following recipe is inspired by Mexican flavours and Mexican-style chorizo (featuring Mexican chilis, vinegar, salt and pepper), and is very forgiving to whatever kind of fresh chorizo you have access to. Most Ontario grocery stores carry a few varieties of pork sausage labelled “chorizo” that would work well for this recipe.

Serve the tasty bites as appetizers or use larger skewers and enjoy them for dinner with rice and veggies.

Other than perhaps Vietnamese coffee, the bánh mì sandwich is one of the most famous culinary creations to have emerged from the French colonial period in Vietnam. 

Yes, you can do these ribs in your oven or on a grill. Be a pal and supply plenty of paper napkins, a finger bowl, a bone bowl and toothpicks for after dinner!

This one-bowl meal comes together in a hurry and is colorful and healthy enough that it satisfies both adventurous and picky eaters. It’s also an approachable way to bring Vietnamese cooking styles home. The balance of sweet versus heat and the colors of the mango, herbs and vegetables are really fresh and appealing.

Perhaps you’d prefer some colourful, beautifully charred pork tenderloin skewers? As pleasing to the eye as they are to the palate. The marinade of lime juice, spices, cilantro and honey, develops big flavour in mere minutes and grills up, in just minutes more.

An elegant preparation that works just as well for a weeknight family meal, as it does for entertaining guests. The tenderloin is butterflied, slathered with pesto, layered with cheese and a tasty breadcrumb mixture. Then rolled, tied and seared, before being nestled into the tomato sauce and left to simmer away.