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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Grilled pork vermicelli is a dish that embodies the essence of the S-shaped land, and you must showcase your skills in making it to treat your family! Now don’t hesitate any longer, let’s get into the kitchen with TasteVN to go through the recipe for this wonderful grilled dish with just a few simple steps!
Ingredients for Grilled Pork Vermicelli For 5 people
Pork 1 kg (pork belly) Fresh vermicelli 1 kg Fresh vegetables 100 gr (according to preference) Honey 2 tablespoons Soy sauce 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon Coconut color 1 teaspoon Annatto oil 1 tablespoon Oyster sauce 1/2 tablespoon Five-spice powder 1/4 teaspoon Onion powder 1 tablespoon Garlic powder 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 4 tablespoons Common spices a little (Seasoning salt/ salt/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
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How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
- For today’s grilled pork noodle dish, you should use pork belly so that when enjoying, it will have both lean and fatty parts without being too greasy!
- Fresh and delicious pork is usually bright pink in color, with white, clear fat that is not cloudy or yellowed, and there should be no unusual tiny dark spots on the surface.
- Pressing with your hand, you will feel the pork has good elasticity and firmness, not too soft or unusually slimy.
- Additionally, you should avoid buying pork that emits a strong, foul odor as it may be spoiled from being kept too long, and should not be used anymore.
How to choose clean, quality fresh noodles
- Clean, quality fresh noodles are those that are milk-white in color, with no unusual tiny spots or discoloration.
- When pressed lightly, the noodles should have a moderate softness, along with a bit of chewiness and elasticity, not too dry or too soft.
- You should avoid buying fresh noodles that show signs of mold or even emit a sour odor as those are spoiled noodles.
- Moreover, to bring a delicious flavor to the grilled pork noodles, you can also make fresh noodles at home with the super simple recipe below from TasteVN.
How to prepare Grilled Pork Noodles
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Preparation and marinating pork
First, with 1kg of pork purchased, you take a little salt to rub all over the surface of the meat, then rinse it 1 – 2 times with clean water, let it drain, and use a knife to cut it into thin slices about 1/2 finger length.
Effective ways to remove the smell of pork
- Method 1: You can briefly blanch the pork in boiling water for 2 – 3 minutes, then quickly take the meat out and rinse it again with clean water.
- Method 2: The simplest way, you can rub salt on the surface of the meat or soak it in diluted salt water for about 10 – 15 minutes.
- Method 3: Additionally, you can also briefly blanch the pork in boiling water for 2 – 3 minutes, and add 2 – 3 strands of straw as well!
See details: Effective ways to remove the smell of pork
You put the cut pork into a bowl and marinate it with 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1/4 teaspoon of five-spice powder, 2 tablespoons of seasoning and 1/2 tablespoon of oyster sauce.
Next, you continue to add 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 teaspoon of coconut color water, 1 tablespoon of annatto oil, 4 tablespoons of cooking oil, 1 tablespoon of garlic powder, and 1 tablespoon of onion powder.
Then, use a spoon to mix well and let the pork absorb the spices for 8 – 12 hours in the refrigerator refrigerator.
Finally, for fresh vegetables, you pick out the wilted, bruised leaves, keeping only the young leaves, and soak them in diluted salt water for 3 – 5 minutes, then rinse 1 – 2 times with clean water and drain.
Tip:
- You can replace garlic powder and onion powder with minced fresh garlic and shallots, but to prevent the meat from burning while grilling, you should remove them!
- If you don’t have annatto oil, you can also use gac oil as well!
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Grilling the pork
After preparing the ingredients, first, you need to preheat the glass grill at a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius for about 10 – 15 minutes.
Next, you slowly add the marinated pork into the grill, and grill at a temperature of 230 degrees Celsius for about 7 minutes. After that, flip to the other side and continue grilling for another 5 minutes.
When you see that the pork is evenly golden on both sides, turn off the grill, place the pork on a plate, and use a knife to cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Tip: To avoid unevenly grilled pork, you should spread the pork evenly in the grill and avoid grilling too much at once! -
Final product
Finally, take a bowl and gradually add a bit of fresh noodles, fresh vegetables, grilled pork, and dipping sauce to enjoy!
Grilled Pork Noodles is truly a wonderful dish, isn’t it? Alongside the soft noodles, there is flavorful pork that is grilled to a crispy golden perfection, which is extremely enticing. And of course, how can we forget the fresh vegetables that help balance the richness!
Tip: You can mix the dipping sauce with the ratio of 1 sugar : 1 vinegar : 1 fish sauce : 2 water! Then, depending on your taste, you can add minced garlic and chili as you like.
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So we have just gone through the how to make grilled pork noodle that is really simple but can make breakfast surprisingly delicious and appealing with this grilled dish! Wish you success.