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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Dishes mixed salads made from pig ears are likely very familiar to all of us due to their appealing deliciousness and extremely simple preparation method. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to make the very attractive and simple Thai-style pig ear salad.
Ingredients for Thai-style Pig Ears Serves 2
Pig ears 300 gr Green papaya 50 gr Carrot 50 gr Lemongrass 2 stalks Kumquat 5 fruits Fresh chili 50 gr Ginger 1 bulb Red onion 5 bulbs Garlic 8 cloves Tamarind 50 gr Chili powder 20 gr Vinegar 100 ml Fish sauce 20 ml Sugar 150 gr Salt 7 gr
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to Choose Fresh Pig Ears
- Fresh and good pig ears are those that have a bright color, without dark spots, dullness, or any unusual color. When held in hand, they should feel firm and sturdy, and when pressed, they should have a certain elasticity.
- Do not choose pig ears that have a foul smell, are spoiled, or have any strange odor. These are ears that have been stored for too long or have been treated with chemicals.
How to choose fresh green papaya
- The fresh green papayas for making salad are those with thick flesh, few seeds, and when held, they feel firm and the stem still has sap attached.
- Do not buy ripe papayas for making salad, as the shredded papaya will not be crispy and the salad will not taste good.
How to choose fresh carrots
- Fresh carrots are those that are of moderate size, straight and elongated towards the tail, with a smooth skin, firm to the touch, slightly hard, bright orange in color, with fresh green leaves tightly attached to the body of the carrot.
- Avoid choosing carrots with wilted or bruised tops, bruised or slimy bodies, spots of browning, feeling soft to the touch, or those that are too large, with thick and bulky leaves and shoulders, as these are old carrots that will have many fibers and less nutrition.
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How to prepare Thai sauce pig ear
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Prepare the vegetables
Wash all the vegetables including carrots, papayas, lemongrass, ginger, shallots, garlic, and calamondin thoroughly and let them drain.
After the auxiliary ingredients have drained, use a knife to slice all the vegetables thinly, except for the lemongrass which should be smashed and cut into sections.
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Prepare and boil pig ears
Wash the pig ears with diluted saltwater or use lemon to rub over the surface to whiten the pig ears, then let them drain.
Put a pot of water on the stove and wait for it to boil. When the water is boiling, add the pig ears along with 5 grams of salt, smashed lemongrass cut into pieces, and sliced ginger until the pig ears are cooked, then remove and soak them in ice water.
Tip: To make the pig ears crispier, tastier, and whiter, after boiling, soak them in a bowl of ice water for 10 minutes.
How to clean pig ears and remove odor:
- You can eliminate the odor of pig ears by using vinegar, flour, starch, or a mixture of salt and lemon to rub on the surface of the pig ears.
- Alternatively, you can soak the pig ears in diluted alum water, rice washing water, or pickled vegetable water for about 5 – 10 minutes, then use a knife to scrape off the dirt on the surface. After that, soak them again in diluted salt water for 5 minutes and then rinse with clean water.
See details: How to clean pig ears and remove odor.
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Cook vinegar and sugar
Add 100gr of sugar, 100ml of vinegar, and 2gr of salt into a pot. Then turn on the stove and cook until the sugar and vinegar are completely dissolved, then turn off the stove and let it cool.
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Soak vegetables
When the vinegar and sugar mixture has cooled, add the sliced vegetables including carrots, papaya, garlic, shallots, and chili to soak for 1 hour.
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Make Thai sauce
Add 100ml of boiling water and mash it with ripe tamarind to extract the tamarind juice.
Next, add 50gr of sugar, tamarind juice, 20ml of fish sauce, and 20gr of chili powder into the pot and turn on the stove to cook on low heat until the sugar dissolves.
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Mixing pork ear
Once the pork ear has soaked long enough in ice water, use a knife to slice the pork ear thinly. Next, add the vegetables that have been soaked in vinegar and sugar and sliced tangerine to mix with the sliced pork ear.
After mixing all the ingredients well, add the Thai sauce and stir once more to complete the dish.
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Final Product
With these simple steps, you have completed the incredibly delicious and flavorful Thai-style pig ear dish.
The pig ears are crunchy and chewy, fully absorbing the spices, combined with the sourness of calamondin, the spiciness of the Thai sauce, a bit of freshness from carrots and green papaya, and the fragrant smell of garlic and shallots. It’s truly a wonderful dish, isn’t it?
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Now you can easily and quickly know how to make Thai-style pig ears that are sweet and sour for the whole family to enjoy. Wishing you success in your cooking!
