How to Make Flavorful and Irresistible Sour Fermented Fish Sauce with Boiled Meat

How to Make Sour Fish Sauce with Boiled Pork

• 1

  Prepare the Ingredients

  Wash the pork with salted water to eliminate any unpleasant odors and then let it drain.

  Effective Tips to Remove Unpleasant Odors from Pork

  • You can briefly blanch the meat in boiling water for about 3 minutes, then rinse it with cold water before cooking.
  • If you are making boiled dish, you can add a crushed onion to effectively remove the meat odor. Additionally, you can also add a little white wine to eliminate the smell of the meat.

  See details: Effective Tips to Remove Unpleasant Odors from Pork

  After preparing the meat, peel the garlic, rinse it briefly with water, and then chop it finely. Similarly, remove the stems from the chili and chop it finely as well.

  Pluck the herbs for garnish and soak them in diluted salt water for about 15 minutes. After that, rinse the herbs with clean water and let them drain. Wash the cucumber with water and slice it into small pieces, about 1/4 of a finger length.

  

  

  

  
• 2

  Boiling meat

  First, you put the pork into a pot and add enough water to cover the meat, then add 2 shallots and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce to the pot.

  You turn the heat to high until the pot of water boils, then reduce the heat to the lowest setting, continuing to simmer for another 30 minutes for the meat to cook slowly.

  After that, you rinse the cooked meat with cold water to make the skin crispy and prevent the meat from turning dark, then slice the meat into thin, bite-sized pieces.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Making sour fish sauce

  You pour the sour fish sauce into a small bowl (about the size of a rice bowl), then add the minced garlic and chili into the bowl and squeeze in the juice of 3 calamondins, then stir well to combine the ingredients.

  You can adjust the amount of seasoning to suit your family’s taste.

  

  

  

  
• 4

  Final Product

  You arrange the noodles, accompanying vegetables, and sliced meat on a plate and serve with sour fish sauce. The dish of sour fish sauce with boiled meat has the perfect flavor, with tender, fragrant meat that isn’t dark, blending with the salty, sour, and spicy taste of the sour fish sauce.

  Make sure this will be an interesting dish to change your family’s menu!