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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Salads, such as món gỏi – salad, are always very popular due to their deliciousness and appeal, while also being quite nutritious. Today, the Vào bếp section of TasteVN will guide you on how to make a sweet and sour pork belly salad that is incredibly tasty and goes well with rice. Let’s get cooking!
Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Pork Belly Salad Serves 3
Pork belly 300 gr White green onion 4 bulbs Fresh chili 2 pieces Yellow lemon 1 piece Basil 50 gr Ginger 1 piece Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh and quality pork belly
- Choose meat that is light red or bright pink. When cut, the meat should appear pinkish-white, slightly shiny, and the layer of fat in between should be bright white.
- Good quality pork belly should have the meat and fat tightly attached to each other, not too loose when held in hand. The outer skin and fat layer should be about 1.5 – 2cm thick.
- Do not buy meat that has a fishy smell or is spoiled, as it may have been stored for too long or injected with chemicals, which can be unsafe to eat.
How to prepare Sweet and Sour Pork Belly
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Prepare the ingredients
To remove the odor and clean the pork belly, soak it in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly and let it dry.
How to remove the odor of pork belly
- Method 1: To effectively remove the odor from pork belly, boil a pot of water and then briefly blanch the meat for about 2 minutes, after which you take it out and rinse it with cold water.
- Method 2: You can also massage the meat with vinegar for about 2 – 3 minutes and then rinse it under running water until clean.
- Method 3: Soak the meat in diluted white wine for about 5 – 10 minutes, then take it out and rinse it 2 – 3 times with water.
See details: How to remove the odor of pork belly
Peel the ginger, wash it clean, and slice it thinly. Cut off the roots of the white onion, wash it clean, and slice it thinly.
Wash the red chili, slice it. Cut the yellow lemon in half and squeeze to extract the juice.
Basil should be picked to take the tender top leaves, not too old, then wash it clean and chop it finely.
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Boil pork belly
Put sliced ginger and washed pork into a pot, add 1 spoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, 700ml of water, place the pot on the stove and boil the meat on high heat.
When the water boils, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, turn off the heat, let the meat rest in the pot on the stove for another 10 minutes, then take the meat out.
Once the meat cools, cut it into small pieces.
Tip: To check if the meat is cooked, you can use the tip of a chopsticks to poke the meat to see if any blood comes out; if not, it means the meat is cooked.
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Mix pork belly
Put the meat into a large bowl, add 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1.5 tablespoons of sugar, 2 sliced chilies, 4 tablespoons of lemon juice, and chopped basil into the bowl.
Wear gloves and mix all the ingredients thoroughly, wait about 15 minutes for the seasonings to soak into the dish, then serve the product on a plate and enjoy.
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Final Product
The dish has a very appealing color and a pleasant aroma. The pork is tender, infused with the flavors of sour, spicy, salty, and sweet, along with the aroma of basil, served with white rice or as a side dish is also very delicious.
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I hope that with the delicious and nutritious way to make sweet and sour pork belly, TasteVN brings variety to your family’s meals. Wishing you success with this delicious dish!
