Snow mushroom salad with pork is the perfect choice for days when you want to change the family’s meal. This salad dish will dispel the feeling of appetite loss and make the whole family keep eating non-stop. Let’s cook with TasteVN right away!
1. Fried snow mushroom salad with pork
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fried snow mushroom salad with pork For 4 people
Snow mushrooms 100 gr Pork 300 gr Carrot 1 piece Onion 1 piece Garlic 5 cloves Chili 4 pieces Lemon 1 piece Celery 2 stalks Coriander 5 stalks Basil 5 stalks Vietnamese mint 5 stalks Peanuts 100 gr Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Salt/ sugar a little
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
- You should choose pieces of pork that have a bright light pink color, with a balanced ratio of lean meat and fat so that when eaten, it will be sweet and fatty, avoiding the situation where the meat is dry due to too much lean and too greasy due to too much fat.
- Gently press on the meat with your hand; if the meat still has a certain elasticity without being mushy, it is fresh and delicious meat.
- Do not buy pieces of meat that have an unusual purple color, or that are very sticky with a lot of slime when touched; this may indicate that the meat has been left out for too long and is starting to spoil and should not be used.
How to prepare Fried snow mushroom pork salad
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Prepare and fry the pork
Wash the pork you bought with water; to eliminate the odor, rub coarse salt on the outside of the meat and then wash it again with water, then let it drain.
Next, cut the meat into thin slices for eating.
Place a pan on the stove, turn on medium heat to heat the pan, then add the pork to sear until both sides are golden. After that, transfer the pork to a plate to cool and then slice it into thin strips for eating.
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Prepare the remaining ingredients
Soak the snow mushrooms in a bowl with water for about 15 – 20 minutes until they expand evenly. Then take the mushrooms out, wash them thoroughly with water, drain, cut off the stems, and tear the mushrooms into small strips.
Peel the onion, slice it thinly, rinse it with water, then soak it in ice water for 10 minutes, and then drain.
Peel the carrot, wash it clean, and then cut it into long strips about 5cm.
Put the peanuts in a pan, place the pan on the stove, and roast the peanuts until golden brown. Then let them cool and remove the outer skin.
Prepare the celery, cilantro, basil, and mint separately, wash them clean, and cut them into small pieces. Specifically, cut the celery stalks into pieces about the length of one finger.
Tip:- Soaking the onion in ice water will help reduce its pungent smell.
- You can soak the carrot in a little sugar to make it crisper and tastier.
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Make the dressing
Put 5 cloves of garlic, 4 chili peppers, and 2 spoons of sugar into a mortar and pound the ingredients until finely crushed.
Next, squeeze the juice of 2/3 of a lemon into it, add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, stir well, and adjust the seasoning to taste to complete the fish sauce for the salad.
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Mix the salad
Gradually add grilled pork, snow fungus, carrots, coriander, celery, basil, and 3 tablespoons of the prepared fish sauce into the pan, mix well, and you’re done.
Tip: Depending on your family’s taste, you can adjust the amount of fish sauce to suit your preference! -
Finished Product
You serve the mixed salad on a plate, sprinkle roasted peanuts on top, and invite everyone to enjoy!
The plate of salad looks very eye-catching, with a light aroma of garlic and the fragrance of various herbs.
Snow mushrooms, crunchy carrots, and tender sweet pork blend together with the sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavor of the salad dressing, plus crispy roasted peanuts make it very delicious and appealing, right?
Wishing you success in making this salad!
2. Snow mushroom salad with pork and Vietnamese pork sausage
Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients for Snow Mushroom Salad with Pork and Vietnamese Ham Serves 4
Snow mushroom 100 gr Vietnamese ham 250 gr Carrot 2 pieces Onion 1 piece Celery 5 sticks Spring onion 2 sticks Coriander 10 sticks Garlic 3 cloves Chili 2 pieces Lemon 1 piece Plum sauce 5 tablespoons Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Sugar A little
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh celery
- You should choose thick, round celery stalks that have a bright green color and emit the characteristic aroma of celery when smelled.
- The celery leaves should be uniform in size, without bruises, and thick stems and leaves indicate fresh celery.
- Avoid choosing celery with white stems or unusually swollen stalks as they may be dirty celery, soaked in chemicals.
- Stalks with dark colors, uneven sizes, and many roots should also be avoided, as they are likely to be dirty celery and have a high risk of containing parasites.
How to choose delicious Vietnamese pork sausage
- You can buy Vietnamese pork sausage at supermarkets, stores of TasteVN, and reputable sausage-making establishments,…
- For packaged products, you should carefully check the expiration date, ensure the outer packaging is intact, not torn or discolored, and the product inside is not moldy.
- Additionally, you can also make Vietnamese pork sausage at home to ensure hygiene and food safety according to the article below from TasteVN.
How to prepare Snow Mushroom Salad with Pork and Vietnamese Pork Sausage
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Prepare the snow mushrooms
Put the snow mushrooms into a bowl and soak them in water for 20 minutes until the mushrooms are fully expanded, then remove the mushrooms, rinse them with water, drain, and tear them into small pieces.
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Prepare the remaining ingredients
Peel the carrots, wash them clean, and then shred them into thin strands. Peel the onion and slice it thinly.
Take the stalks of the celery, wash them clean, and cut them diagonally into long strands. Remove the roots from the green onions, wash them clean, and cut them into pieces about 1 finger length.
Cilantro, remove the roots, wash them clean, and pick the leaves. Vietnamese pork sausage, slice thinly and then cut into long strips for easy eating.
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Make the salad dressing
Pound 3 cloves of garlic and 2 chili peppers into a bowl, then cut 1 lime and squeeze the juice into it.
Next, add 5 tablespoons of plum sauce, add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, mix well, and adjust the seasoning to taste.
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Mix the salad
Add to the bowl green onions, cilantro, celery stalks, carrots, onions, snow mushrooms, pork roll, then pour all the dressing into it and mix well so that the ingredients absorb the seasoning evenly.
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Final product
The finished snow mushroom salad has a very eye-catching color. The snow mushrooms and carrots are crispy, while the pork roll is soft and delicious, blending with the sweet, sour, and spicy taste of the dressing, making it very tasty and appealing.
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
- To make the best dish, you should prioritize buying pork shoulder because this type of meat has a moderate lean-fat ratio and is tender.
- You should choose pieces of meat that are bright pink and have high elasticity.
- You should not choose pieces of meat that are slimy and have an unpleasant smell, as these may be spoiled or rotten meat.
How to choose fresh snow fungus
- You should choose to use light yellow snow fungus rather than white snow fungus because it has more nutritional value.
- Choose snow fungus that has a complete shape, not torn, with no mold on the surface, and free from insects or other impurities.
- If the fungus has an unusual unpleasant smell, especially a sour smell, it should definitely not be purchased.
How to choose fresh carrots
- Good carrots will have a bright orange color, choose those with a moderate size because if they are too large, they are old carrots, and if too small (except for mini carrots), they are immature carrots lacking distinctive flavor.
- Observe the carrot leaf stalks; the greener the stalks, the fresher the carrots, indicating they have just been harvested; otherwise, they are old carrots and less sweet.
- Do not buy carrots that feel slightly soft when pressed, as these are wilted carrots, which will not taste good when cooked.
How to choose fresh and delicious onions
- You should choose onions that have a firm, shiny outer skin and are intact without peeling off, as they usually only start to peel if they have been stored for a long time.
- Fresh and delicious onions will feel quite solid when held. Another note is that you should select round-shaped onions as they tend to have a more distinctive flavor than those with other shapes.
- Fresh onions feel firm when pressed, so if the onion shows signs of being slightly soft, it may be an old onion that is no longer fresh, and you should avoid buying such bulbs!
Finally, we have completed 2 ways to make snow mushroom pork salad deliciously and uniquely. We hope that through the detailed instructions above, you can successfully make this dish, and don’t forget to let TasteVN know your thoughts in the comments below!
*Refer to the recipe and images from the YouTube channel: CÆ¡m Ngon TV and MAIV CIB YANG XIONG
