Stir-Fried Pork (Pad Ped Mu)

This dish is made with belly pork. There are a number of reasons for this: on the pragmatic level the Thais tend to use all of an animal, and this is a way of using the rather fatty belly pork. Secondly the style of cooking means that the dish is cooked in the pork fat itself, which enhances the flavor. Thirdly, the fatty meat absorbs the additional flavors and so tastes better.