Preparation

15 minutes
Cooking

30 minutes
Difficulty

Easy

Braised dish is an essential dish in family meals. Today, TasteVN will guide you to cook a delicious and appetizing braised pork with fermented fish sauce!

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1 Prepare the ingredients

2 Preparation of pork

3 Braised Meat

4 Final Product

Ingredients for Braised Pork with Fermented Fish Sauce Serves 3

Pork belly 200 gr Fermented fish sauce 150 ml Lemongrass 4 stalks Garlic 1 bulb Shallots 5 bulbs Chili 1 piece Oyster sauce 1 teaspoon Cooking oil 1 tablespoon

How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients

How to choose fresh pork belly

When buying pork belly, you should choose pieces that have a light pink color, fresh pink, white fat, thin layer of fat, soft meat but with a firm texture between the layers of meat and fat, the meat should have a certain elasticity and a characteristic aroma.
You should not choose pieces that are too dark in color, have a lot of fat, loose texture, and have a foul smell. This may indicate that the meat has been treated with preservatives, or the pork has been raised for a long time and is no longer fresh.

See details: How to choose fresh and quality pork belly

How to choose delicious mam nem

To choose good mam nem, you should look for it at reputable markets, supermarkets, food stores, or e-commerce websites like bachhoaxanh.com.
Additionally, you can also make mam nem at home if you want to ensure safety and hygiene.

See more: How to make delicious mam nem

Ingredients for braised meat with mam nem

How to prepare Braised meat with mam nem

1

Prepare the ingredients

Shallots, lemongrass, and garlic should be chopped finely. Chili should be sliced thinly.
2
Preparation of pork

Buy pork belly and soak it in diluted salt water for about 5 – 7 minutes. Then, gently massage the piece of meat with your hands, rinse it with cold water, and place it in a colander to drain. Finally, cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.
How to remove the smell of pork
- To prevent pork from smelling, before cooking, blanch the pork in boiling water for about 3 minutes with 1 crushed shallot, as the shallot will help eliminate the smell very effectively.
- Additionally, you can add a little white wine to the boiling water before removing the meat, as white wine will help eliminate any unpleasant odors from the meat most effectively.
- After that, rinse the meat with cold water and proceed with further cooking; the meat will no longer have an odor, and dishes made from pork will be more delicious.
See details: Tips for removing the smell of various types of meat
3

Braised Meat

Place a pan on the stove and add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pan. When the oil is hot, add garlic, chili, shallots, and lemongrass to sauté until fragrant. Next, add 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce and 150ml of fermented fish sauce, stir well until the mixture boils, then add the pork belly and stir the meat for about 3 – 4 minutes.

Continue to add about 150ml of water, cook until the water thickens, then season to taste according to your family’s preference, and then turn off the heat.
4

Final Product

The dish when completed will be extremely delicious and attractive with tender and tasty pork belly, fragrant with lemongrass, garlic, and shallots, and especially the rich and distinctive flavor of fermented fish sauce, promising to be very appetizing!