From simple ingredients such as pig’s ears and some types of herbs, you can make delicious and flavorful pig’s ear wrapped in rice paper served with dipping sauce to change the taste for your daily meals. Let’s go to the kitchen and explore this wrapped dish with TasteVN!
1. Pig’s ear wrapped in rice paper
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pig’s ear wrapped in rice paper Serves 4
Rice paper 50 gr Pig’s ears 500 gr Lemongrass 2 stalks Ginger 1 piece Shallots 2 pieces Cucumber 2 pieces Pineapple 1 piece (ananas) Carrot 1 piece Accompanying herbs a little ( lettuce/ perilla/ fish mint/ basil ) Cilantro 10 sprigs Fresh vermicelli 200 gr Pre-mixed dipping sauce 100 ml Lime juice 1 tablespoon Vinegar 2 tablespoons Salt a little
How to choose fresh and delicious pineapple (thơm)
- Choose pineapples that are greenish-yellow, which indicates they are ripe. Typically, pineapples with large eyes, spaced further apart, and a round shape are sweeter and have thinner skin than those that are long and slender with small eyes.
- Avoid pineapples that are too green or too yellow, as these are either unripe or overripe and not tasty.
How to prepare Rice paper rolls with pig ears
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the lemongrass, crush it, and cut it into pieces. Peel and wash the ginger, then slice it thinly.
Peel the shallots, wash them, and crush them. Wash the cucumber and carrot, peel them, and slice them thinly lengthwise.
Peel the pineapple, remove the eyes, wash it, cut it in half, and then slice it thinly.
Pick the herbs, lettuce, and coriander, removing any wilted or damaged parts, then wash them thoroughly, soak in dilute salt water for about 10 minutes, and rinse again, letting them drain.
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Preprocess and boil pig ears
Use a razor blade to clean the pig ears of any dirt, rinse with water, then use a mixture of lemon juice and salt to thoroughly massage the pig ears, and rinse again until completely clean.
Place a pot on the stove, pour in water so that when boiling, the water completely covers the pig ears, then add ginger, shallots, lemongrass, 1/2 tablespoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of vinegar, and the pig ears.
Turn the heat to high until the water boils, then reduce to medium heat, boil for 15 – 20 minutes until the pig ears are cooked, then turn off the heat.
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Soak and slice pig ears
Once the pig ears are cooked, immediately transfer them to soak in an ice water basin for 10 – 15 minutes. Then, remove the pig ears, and slice them thinly for easy eating.
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Pig’s ear rolled with rice paper
You take a piece of rice paper to roll, place it on a cutting board or a plate that is clean, and layer a bit of herbs, 1 slice of cucumber, 1 slice of pineapple, 1 slice of carrot, a little fresh vermicelli, 2 sprigs of cilantro, and 2 pieces of pig’s ear on top of the rice paper.
Roll the ingredients up tightly, when you have rolled halfway, fold the edges of the rice paper into the middle and then continue to roll firmly to make the pig’s ear roll round and beautiful, secure. Repeat until all the ingredients are used up.
Tip: When rolling the pig’s ear, do not add too much filling and roll carefully to avoid tearing the outer layer of rice paper.
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Final product
The boiled pig’s ear is white, fragrant, and crunchy, rolled with various herbs, fresh vermicelli, and dipped in dipping sauce mixed to perfection, you can eat it endlessly without getting bored.
Besides rolling with rice paper, you can also put all the ingredients in a bowl, mix with a bit of dipping sauce for a very appealing dish.
2. Pork Ear Mixed with Rice Flour Wrapped in Rice Paper
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour 15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pork Ear Mixed with Rice Flour Wrapped in Rice Paper Serves 4
Rice Paper 50 gr Pork Ear 500 gr Rice Flour 70 gr Onion 60 gr (1/2 bulb) Lemongrass 30 gr (2 stalks) Cucumber 2 pieces Fig Leaves 100 gr Lime Leaves 3 pieces Lime 2 pieces Minced Garlic 2 tablespoons Minced Chili 1/2 tablespoon Chili 1 piece (sliced) Chili Sauce 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce 3.5 tablespoons Common Seasoning A little (salt/ seasoning powder/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
Where to Buy Rice Flour
- Currently, you can buy rice flour at large grocery stores or in supermarkets, TasteVN, and the e-commerce site bachhoaxanh.com.
- The price for a 150g pack of rice flour ranges from 12,000 to 15,000 VND (price updated in September 2021).
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How to prepare Pork ears mixed with roasted rice wrapped in rice paper
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Prepare the ingredients
To remove dirt and odor, after purchasing the pork ears, use a knife to scrape off the hair, then rub with 1 tablespoon of salt, juice and pulp of 1 lemon, and rinse with clean water.
Pick the leaves of the fig tree, wash them clean, and let them dry. Wash the lime leaves and cut them finely. Peel the onion, wash it clean. Wash the cucumber and cut it into long pieces.
Peel the lemongrass, wash it clean, and cut it into pieces about 2 finger lengths long, then smash it. Cut the lemon into 4 slices.
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Boiled Pig Ears
Add 300ml of water, onion, lemongrass, 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, and 500g of pig ears into a pot, place it on the stove, cover it, and boil for about 45 minutes until the pig ears are cooked through and can be pierced with chopsticks, then turn off the heat.
Prepare a bowl of ice water, squeeze the juice of 1 slice of lemon into it, stir well, then add the boiled pig ears, soak for 5 minutes, then take them out and cut into thin slices.
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Make Dipping Sauce
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of water, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, and squeeze the juice of 2 slices of lemon into a bowl, then use a spoon to stir until the sugar and other ingredients dissolve and mix well, then stop.
Next, add 2/3 of the minced garlic and all the minced chili, stir well, and you have a delicious dipping sauce ready!
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Mix rice flour with pig ears
Put the ingredients into a large bowl including: thinly sliced pig ears, the remaining minced garlic, 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 1/3 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1/4 teaspoon of ground pepper, and 1.5 tablespoons of fish sauce. Then mix well and marinate for about 3 minutes for the pig ears to absorb the seasoning evenly.
Next, add 70g of rice flour, then add 1 sliced chili and all the shredded kaffir lime leaves. Mix well until the rice flour coats the pig ears evenly, then stop.
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Spring rolls
Spread a rice paper on the cutting board, then layer with perilla leaves, cut cucumber, and seasoned pig ears, then roll it up to place on a plate, repeating until all ingredients are used up.
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Final product
The spring rolls with seasoned pig ears are completed with an enticing aroma, characteristic of rice seasoning. When eaten, you will experience the strong flavor of the seasoned pig ears, a tangy taste, and a crunchy texture combined with the fresh taste of cucumber and a slight bitterness of perilla leaves.
However, when dipped in a sweet and sour sauce, all the flavors will harmonize and balance each other, creating a delicious taste that is both unusual and appealing, making it impossible for anyone who has tried it to stop.
How to choose fresh and delicious pig ears
- Choose pig ears that are pinkish-white, bright, and when pressed, they feel firm, solid, and bouncy, indicating that the pig ears are fresh.
- Do not buy if you see pig ears that are dull in color, darkened, soft, or have a foul odor, as these pig ears are old and not good.
How to clean pig ears to remove odor
- Method 1: After scraping off the hair and dirt from the pig ears, use vinegar or a mixture of salt and lemon juice to scrub the pig ears thoroughly, then rinse clean. Next, soak the pig ears in water mixed with lemon juice or vinegar for about 5 minutes, then rinse again and let them dry.
- Method 2: Use flour or tapioca starch to vigorously scrub the pig ears to create foam, then use a knife to scrape off this foam and rinse clean. Repeating this process several times will help the pig ears become white, clean, and odor-free.
- Method 3: Soak the pig ears in rice water for about 10 minutes, then take them out to scrape off any dirt, rinse briefly, and use a piece of lemon to scrub the surface of the meat until clean, then rinse again and let them dry.
See more: How to properly clean pig ears
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Choose carrots that are long and tapered from the root to the tip, with a deep orange color, moderate size, and smooth skin, as these are good carrots.
- Additionally, you should look at the leaf stem; fresh carrots have green stems that are firmly attached to the body, whereas detached stems indicate that the carrots have been stored for a long time, losing their freshness and sweetness.
- Avoid selecting overly large carrots, as those with thick, broad shoulders are old and not tasty. Also, take care not to buy soft, wilted, misshapen, or bruised carrots.
How to choose fresh and delicious cucumbers
- Choose cucumbers that are dark green, straight in shape, with a thin layer of powder on the skin, fresh stems, and the flower end not fallen off; these are freshly picked cucumbers that are very crunchy and tasty.
- Avoid buying cucumbers that are bent or swollen in the middle, as these tend to have a lot of seeds and are not tasty. Also, do not choose cucumbers that are turning yellow, have bruised skin, are misshapen, or have bee stings.
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Above, TasteVN has guided you on 2 ways to make pig ears rolled in rice paper that are simple yet uniquely tasty and appealing to help the whole family avoid boredom from oily meals. Wish you success!
