Moo ping
หมูปิ้ง
Street grilled pork skewers, coconut-sweet and a little smoky, eaten with sticky rice.
Recipe by I Want Some Food · Reviewed by the editorial kitchen. Native name preserved: หมูปิ้ง.
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- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Rest
- 2 hr
- Total
- 2 hr 32 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Spice
- No chilli
- Cost
- Cheap nightUnder $8 USD · indicative, not a store price
About
Moo ping is thin pork on a stick, marinated in coconut milk, fish sauce, garlic and a little sugar, grilled until the edges caramelise. Sticky rice is the other half of the order. If it tastes only of sugar, the marinade was lazy. Thin slices dry out if you walk away from a fierce grill; thick ones stay grey in the middle. Aim for pieces that can curl on the stick without becoming jerky. Coconut milk in the marinade can scorch — turn more often than you would a steak. Pat off excess liquid before grilling or you steam. If the pork was frozen, thaw it fully or the centre stays icy while the sugar burns. Rest the skewers a minute. Sticky rice that is still hard in the grain will not save a dry stick.
Ingredients
- Pork, shoulder, thin slices500 g
- Coconut milk80 ml
- Fish sauce30 ml
- Garlic4 clove
- Sugar15 ml
- Black pepper (optional)2½ ml
- Sticky rice, soaked, to serve300 g
Scaling multiplies the written quantities. Baking still prefers a scale.
Steps
Step 1
Marinate pork in coconut, fish sauce, garlic and sugar 2 hours.
10 minStep 2
Thread onto soaked skewers. Grill or pan-grill, turning, until charred at the edges, 8–10 minutes.
10 minStep 3
Sticky rice. A nam jim jaew dip if you have toasted rice powder.
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Substitutions
Coconut milk → A splash of oil plus extra sugar
Less round. Still a skewer.
Tips
- A little coriander root in the marinade is the stall perfume.
- Do not cube the pork thick. Thin is how it cooks through without drying.
History & culture
Morning markets and roadside grills. Breakfast meat. Isaan and central both claim a version. Morning markets sell this next to bags of rice as breakfast you can eat standing up. That is the setting: smoke, motorbikes, a sweet-savoury smell before nine. Homes with a balcony still make it for guests because it looks like more work than a pan fry. Isaan and central marinades differ in garlic and sweetness. You do not need to pick a side. You do need something starchy and unsweetened beside it.
Grilled marinated pork is older than the coconut-milk street formula that tourists photograph. Skewered pork over fire predates a coconut-milk formula printed for visitors. What travelled in photographs is a particular glaze that caramelises well on a gas cage. Factory fish sauce and tinned coconut made the marinade reproducible far from the market. That reproducibility is modern. The reason it exists is still a butcher's cheaper cuts, a fire, and a morning crowd that wants meat on the way to work.
Traditional
Provenance: Editorial adaptation.
Questions about this recipe
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How long does Moo ping take?
2 hr 32 min all in — 20 min prep, 12 min cook, 2 hr rest. Cook and rest follow the method. Leftover storage and optional extra waits are not included.
How many does it serve?
The recipe is written for 4 skewers. Scale the ingredient list on the page if you are cooking for a different number.
How hard is it?
Easy.
How spicy is it?
No chilli.
What allergens should I watch?
This recipe is labelled for Fish. Labels are informational — check the packets in your kitchen. This is not medical advice.
Does it fit a diet?
The published recipe is labelled Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free.
What does it cost to cook?
Cheap night — about Under $8 USD, as a grocery budget for this recipe, not a restaurant price.
What equipment do I need?
Frying pan, Tongs.
How much salt do I put in?
This recipe does not list salt as its own ingredient. Saltiness comes from Fish sauce — 2 tbsp. Taste at the end rather than adding a number we did not write.
How much fish sauce?
2 tbsp of Fish sauce.
How much sugar?
1 tbsp of Sugar.
What can I use instead?
Coconut milk → A splash of oil plus extra sugar. Less round. Still a skewer.
Any tips from this recipe?
A little coriander root in the marinade is the stall perfume. Do not cube the pork thick. Thin is how it cooks through without drying.
Can I use an air fryer?
This method is not written for an air fryer. The core technique on the page still applies.
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