Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
1 hour
Difficulty
Easy
Grilled meat with moc mat leaves is a specialty dish of mountain cuisine. Today, the Cooking section of TasteVN will guide you on how to make grilled meat skewers with moc mat leaves (mắc mật) using an oven, which is extremely delicious and simple. Let’s get into the kitchen and make this grilled dish right away!
Ingredients for Grilled Meat Skewers with Moc Mat Leaves Serves 5 people
Pork belly 1 kg Moc mat leaves 6 branches Ginger 1 piece Onion 1 bulb Shallots 2 bulbs Lemongrass 3 branches Honey 2 tablespoons Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Five-spice powder 5 gr (1/2 packet) Tomato sauce 2 tablespoons Chili powder 1 tablespoon
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to Choose Fresh Pork Belly
- Fresh pork belly usually has a light red or bright pink color. When cut with a knife, the meat will show a pinkish-white color, a slight shine, and the layers of fat in between are bright white and firm.
- Additionally, to select a delicious piece of meat that is not too fatty, you should choose a piece with a balanced ratio of fat and lean meat.
- Good quality, clean pork belly, not raised with lean meat enhancers, typically has a firm texture, with the meat and fat tightly adhering to each other; when held, it should not feel too loose.
- Avoid choosing pork belly pieces that have a spoiled, foul smell, or any other strange odor. Instead, opt for meat that has a characteristic fresh scent, as this indicates it is fresh and ensures the quality of the dish.
What is Mac Mat Leaf? Where to Buy?
- Mac Mat leaves are harvested from the Mac Mat tree, with dark green leaves that are smooth, taut, and have a thin layer of hair on the back. Mac Mat leaves are used to grill or roast with dishes to enhance the aroma and increase appeal.
- Currently, you can find Mac Mat leaves at specialty spice shops or places that sell ornamental plants. Additionally, you can also order online from reputable e-commerce sites!
- The current price of Mac Mat leaves in the market ranges from 50,000 to 250,000 VND (price updated in December 2021).
Required Tools
Oven, blender, knife, cutting board, bowl,…
How to prepare Grilled Pork Skewers with Moc Mat Leaves
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Prepare the ingredients
Buy pork belly, wash it with salt water, drain, and then cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Pick the Moc Mat leaves you bought, wash them with diluted salt water, and let them drain.
Peel the garlic, onion, and shallots, wash them clean, and chop them finely. For lemongrass, wash it, remove the leaves, crush it, and cut it into pieces; for ginger, scrape off the skin, wash it, and slice it!
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Marinate the meat
Next, put the Moc Mat leaves, garlic, onion, and lemongrass into a blender, add the spice mixture including: 2 tablespoons of honey, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1/2 packet of five-spice powder, 2 tablespoons of ketchup, and 1 tablespoon of chili powder. Then blend for about 45 – 90 seconds to create a thick marinade for the meat.
Put the meat into a large bowl, then add the marinade and mix well, cover with plastic wrap, and let the meat marinate in the refrigerator for 3 – 4 hours.
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Grilling meat
After marinating the meat for enough time, take it out and prepare skewers. When skewering, alternate pieces of meat with leaves of mắc mật, so that for every piece of meat, you skewer 2 leaves.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes. Then, place the skewered meat in the oven at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes, then take it out to turn the meat over, brush a bit of honey on it, and continue grilling at 180 degrees for another 10 minutes to finish. Grilling this way will keep the meat tender, evenly cooked, and not too dry or burnt.
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Final product
The dish has an incredibly enticing aroma thanks to the combination of grilled meat and the marinade mixture. The pork belly is evenly soaked in a rich sauce, with each slice of meat being tender, juicy, and fragrant with the taste of mắc mật leaves.
Grilled meat with mắc mật leaves goes well with bread or vermicelli, and when enjoying, you can serve it with some greens to balance the richness of the dish!
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Just now was a guide on how to make grilled pork skewers with Moc Mat leaves using an oven very simply but with an incredibly appealing flavor from TasteVN. Be sure to note down the recipe and head to the kitchen to try it out! Wishing you success in your cooking.
