Salads are always one of the ideal choices to help prevent boredom for your family meals after days of consuming too much greasy food. So why wait? Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to show off your skills with these 2 simple and delicious sweet and sour pork belly recipes, right?
1. Vietnamese Style Sweet and Sour Pork Belly
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vietnamese Style Sweet and Sour Pork Belly Serves 2 people
Pork belly 500 gr Ginger 1/2 piece Lemongrass 2 stalks Chopped green onion 1 tablespoon Minced chili 1/2 tablespoon Lime juice 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1.5 tablespoons Sesame oil 1/2 tablespoon Seasoning powder 1/3 teaspoon Sugar 1.5 tablespoons
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How to Prepare Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Pork Belly Salad
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Prepare the Ingredients
Buy pork belly, scrape off the outer hair, soak it in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse it with water and let it drain.
Wash the ginger and slice it thinly, wash the lemongrass, cut it into short pieces about 3 finger lengths, then separate it into thin strands.
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Boil the Pork Belly
Place a pot of water on the induction stove and add the pork belly, ginger, and lemongrass. Boil for about 10 minutes until the meat is tender, then turn off the heat and let the meat sit in the pot for about 5 minutes.
Next, remove the meat and place it in a bowl of cold ice water to clean, then put it in the refrigerator refrigerator for about 10 – 15 minutes, then take the meat out and slice it into thin pieces for eating.
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Mix the pork belly
Add to the pork belly: 1 spoon of chopped green onion, minced chili, 1.5 spoons of sugar, 1.5 spoons of fish sauce, 1/3 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 spoon of sesame oil, mix well.
Then add 2 spoons of lime juice, mix well and it’s done.
When serving, you can also decorate the plate with some lettuce, cucumber, carrot, and herbs to make the dish more visually appealing!
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Final Product
The Vietnamese style sweet and sour pork belly dish is fragrant with a beautifully arranged appearance. The tender and fatty slices of pork belly combine with the sauce that harmonizes the sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors perfectly.
2. Sweet and Sour Pork Belly in Thai Style
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Pork Belly in Thai Style Serves 2 – 3 people
Pork belly 700 gr Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Minced garlic 1.5 tablespoons Chopped chili 1 tablespoon Chili powder 1 tablespoon Minced lemongrass 3 tablespoons Olive oil 1 tablespoon Five-spice powder 1/2 tablespoon Lemon 1 piece Cooking oil 100 ml Mint 20 gr Common seasoning a little (salt/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
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How to prepare Thai-style Sweet and Sour Pork Belly
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Prepare and marinate the pork belly
Soak the pork belly in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse it clean with water and let it dry.
Marinate the pork with: 1/2 spoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1/4 tablespoon of ground pepper, 1/2 tablespoon of five-spice powder, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of chili powder, 1.5 tablespoons of minced garlic, 3 tablespoons of minced lemongrass, mix well and marinate for about 30 minutes to let the meat absorb the spices.
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Fry the pork belly
Place a non-stick pan on the induction stove with 100ml of cooking oil, once the oil is hot, add the marinated pork and fry over medium heat until the pork is evenly golden on all sides, then remove it from the pan.
Wait a moment for the fried pork to cool down, then cut it into thin slices and place it on a plate.
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Make the Thai fish sauce
In a bowl: add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of chopped chili, 1 tablespoon of chili powder, and 1 tablespoon of olive oil, stir well until the ingredients are completely dissolved.
Add 1 diced fruit, and 20g of chopped cilantro, and mix well.
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Mixing the Meat
Add the sauce you just made to the plate of fried meat, mix well so that the meat and sauce blend together and it’s done.
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Final Product
The sweet and sour pork belly dish emits a fragrant and spicy aroma along with the beautiful green and red colors.
The fried meat is crispy yet tender and fatty, combined with the Thai sauce that is both sour and sweet with a hint of spiciness, surely making you eat it continuously without getting bored!
How to choose fresh and delicious pork belly
- Choose pork belly that has a dry outer layer, light red or bright pink color, when cut it shows a pinkish white meat, slightly shiny, and the fat layer in between is bright white and firm.
- Choose a piece of meat that has a balanced fat-to-lean ratio to avoid feeling greasy when eating, with a firm texture, and the meat and fat sticking tightly together, not feeling too loose when held.
- Press it with your hand and feel that the meat has good elasticity, leaving no indentation after you remove your hand.
- Avoid buying meat with pale, dull colors, not fresh, that feels slimy when touched, and has a strange odor.
How to prepare pork belly without a fishy smell
- Method 1: Use diluted salt water to soak the pork belly for 2 – 3 minutes, then take it out, rinse with clean water, and drain.
- Method 2: Use salt or lemon juice to rub on the meat, then rinse with clean water and drain.
- Method 3: Additionally, you can eliminate the fishy smell of pork belly by blanching the meat in boiling water for 3 minutes, then rinsing it clean with water.
So with just these very simple and quick steps, you already have 2 ways to make sweet and sour pork belly that are unique and attractive to treat the whole family. Quickly join TasteVN in the kitchen now!
