Thai-Style Ground Pork Skewers

Ingredients

• 2 pounds ground pork
• 0.25 cups white sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 6 cloves garlic , minced
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon water
• wooden skewers , soaked in water

Instructions

1. 1

   Combine pork, sugar, fish sauce, garlic, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Mix together thoroughly. Dissolve baking powder in 1 tablespoon water and blend completely into pork mixture. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

2. 2

   Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.

3. 3

   Thread a handful of pork mixture through a skewer using lightly oiled hands. Shape meat into a 1-inch-thick sausage around th skewer. Repeat with remaining pork and skewers.

4. 4

   Grill skewers, turning as needed, until browned on all sides and no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes. Cut each sausage into bite-sized pieces before serving.