Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
If you are a fan of grilled dishes, you cannot miss Thai-style grilled meat made with electric grill that is super delicious with a sweet and sour tamarind sauce, so let’s get cooking with TasteVN right away!
Ingredients for Thai-style Grilled Cilantro Meat Serves 2 – 3 people
Pork 500 grams Tamarind juice 100 ml Palm sugar 150 grams Rice flour 1 tablespoon Chili powder 1 tablespoon Garlic 7 cloves Cilantro roots 5 sprigs Dried cilantro seeds 10 grams Oyster sauce 3 tablespoons Seasoning powder 1 teaspoon
How to choose delicious pork
- You should choose pork that has a bright pink color, no strange smell, with transparent white fat. Avoid meat that is pale and has a foul odor.
- You can press the meat with your hand; if you observe that the meat is elastic immediately, does not leave a dent, is dry, and does not stick to your hand, this indicates that it is good meat.
- Delicious pork should have even, firm fibers and should not leak juice or be slimy.
- When buying meat, you should ask the seller to cut it along the grain and avoid choosing meat with small white cysts between the fibers, as this may indicate that the meat is infected with parasites, which can adversely affect your health when consumed.
How to prepare Thai style grilled meat
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the coriander roots thoroughly and let them drain.
Peel the garlic.
After purchasing the pork, scrub it clean with coarse salt, rinse it with water, then place it in a sieve to drain. Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.
Tips for cleaning pork to avoid odor
- To completely eliminate the smell of pork, before preparing the dish, briefly dip the meat in boiling water for about 2 minutes, then remove and rinse it with cold water.
- Another useful tip is to add a little white wine to the water used to blanch the pork. The wine can effectively eliminate the foul odor.
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Make tamarind sauce
You place a pot on the stove and wait for it to heat, add 100 ml of tamarind juice, 100 grams of palm sugar, and cook on low heat until the sugar dissolves. Then add roasted rice powder and chili powder, stir well and turn off the heat.
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Marinate the meat
You use a mortar to pound 7 cloves of garlic, 10 grams of dried coriander seeds, and 5 coriander roots.
Then put the mixture in a bowl, add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and 50 grams of palm sugar, then mix well.
Add the meat to the marinade mixture, wear plastic gloves and massage the meat evenly to absorb the spices and let it marinate for 30 minutes.
Tip: During the marinating process, stir the meat a few times to ensure that the meat absorbs the spices evenly. -
Skewer the meat and grill
Once the meat is marinated, use bamboo skewers to skewer each piece of meat into one skewer and place it on the grill.
When the meat is seared, use a brush to apply a layer of tamarind sauce on both sides of the meat, and continue grilling until the meat is cooked.
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Final product
The pork is tender and fragrant, with rich spices on the outside covered with a layer of sour and spicy tamarind sauce, ensuring you will love it at first taste. You can enjoy it with lettuce, cucumber, dipping in chili sauce, green chili salt, or tamarind sauce if you like, let’s enjoy it right away!
Successful Execution Tips
Tip for you:
- You can grill using a charcoal stove or an oven, so preheat the oven 10 minutes before putting the meat in to grill for about 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the meat block.
- If grilling with a charcoal stove, the step of lighting the fire is very important; you should stack the charcoal into a pyramid shape and then light it. When the charcoal is evenly red, you can start grilling the meat.
- Before grilling, you can brush a little cooking oil on the grill to prevent the meat from sticking. However, do not add too much oil, as it may easily flare up while grilling.
Storage Tip: If you do not use it all, place the crab cake in a tightly sealed container and put it in the refrigerator refrigerator; when ready to eat, just take it out to fry or grill it again to use immediately.
Storage time: 1 – 2 days; to ensure the health of your family, it is best to consume it within the day.
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At family meals or gatherings, try your hand at this extremely attractive Thai-style grilled coriander dish. Wishing you success with your own dish!
