Vietnamese Caramelised Pork Bowls

Ingredients

For 4 servings

• 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil ((I use peanut oil))
• 1/2 onion (, finely diced (brown, white or yellow) (~1/2 cup))
• 2 tsp ginger (, grated or minced)
• 2 garlic cloves (, minced (2 tsp paste))
• 1 birds eye or Thai chili (, deseeded and finely chopped (can omit, Note 1))
• 500g / 1 lb pork mince ((ground pork) (Note 2))
• 5 tbsp (tightly packed brown sugar ((don't skimp, else won't caramelise))
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 green onion stem (, finely sliced)
• Jasmine rice (or other rice for serving)
• Sliced red chilli, tomato, cucumber ((optional))