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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you are a fan of dishes made from pickled vegetables, then check out the recipe for making pickled vegetables mixed with pork belly, super delicious and attractive, with just a few simple steps for your meal. Get cooking with TasteVN right away to make this pickled dish to treat your family!
Ingredients for Pickled Vegetables Mixed with Pork Belly Serves 4
Pork belly 500 gr Pickled vegetables 400 gr Garlic 2 cloves Long chili 2 pieces Bird’s eye chili 10 pieces Lemon 1/2 piece Vietnamese coriander 5 sprigs Vinegar 1 tablespoon Salt/ sugar a little
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh pork belly
- Fresh pork belly has bright red or pink lean meat, creamy white fat, and a clear, bright appearance. The piece of meat has a balanced ratio of lean and fat, so when cooked, it won’t be greasy.
- Choose a piece of meat that has lean meat, skin, and fat firmly attached together.
- Press the meat; if it feels firm and elastic, and has no strange smell, it is fresh and just slaughtered.
- Avoid buying pieces of meat that are soft, leaking fluid, dull in color, or have an unpleasant odor.
Suggestions for buying delicious pickled vegetables
- Delicious pickled vegetables have an eye-catching golden-brown color, a crunchy and salty taste, and a distinctive aroma.
- Do not buy if you notice any unusual smell, slimy brine, floating scum, or the vegetables turning dark.
- You can buy pickled vegetables at grocery stores, supermarkets, online,… or you can also make pickled vegetables at home following the instructions from TasteVN.
How to prepare Pickled vegetables mixed with pork belly
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Prepare the ingredients and briefly blanch the pickled vegetables
Peel the garlic and chop it finely. Wash the chili, remove the stem; chop the bell pepper finely, and leave the small chili whole.
Pick the old stems and wilted leaves from the Vietnamese coriander, wash it clean, and let it drain.
Pour hot water at about 60 – 70 degrees into a bowl, briefly blanch the pickled vegetables in the water, then let them drain and slice them thinly for eating.
Tip: Do not blanch in water that is too hot, as the pickled vegetables will become soft and lose their crunchiness.
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Prepare and boil the meat
After purchasing the pork, to eliminate the odor, you should rub a bit of salt directly onto the meat, then rinse thoroughly with clean water and let it drain.
Tips to prepare pork without odor- Method 1: Massage the meat with salt (or lemon juice, vinegar) for about 2 – 3 minutes, then rinse under running water until clean.
- Method 2: Soak the meat in diluted white wine for about 5 – 10 minutes, then take it out and rinse 2 – 3 times with water.
- Method 3: Boil a pot of water, then briefly blanch the meat for about 2 minutes, after which you remove it and rinse off all impurities before cooking.
See details: Effective ways to remove the odor from pork
Place a pot with about 500ml of water on the stove, bring the water to a boil over medium heat, then add the prepared meat to boil.
After boiling, skim off the dirty foam that floats to the surface, reduce the heat to low and add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, then continue boiling for an additional 10 – 15 minutes until the meat is cooked.
Finally, remove the meat and soak it in a bowl of ice water for 3 – 5 minutes to cool, then cut it into thin, bite-sized pieces.
How to boil pork belly white, without odor: Besides adding vinegar when boiling the meat to keep it white and odor-free, you can also add sliced onion!
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Mix pickled melon and pork
You put the pickled melon in a bowl, squeeze the juice from 1/2 a lemon into the bowl, add the minced garlic, chopped chili, whole chili, 1.5 spoons of sugar, and mix well for the spices to blend.
Then you add the pork belly, continue to mix well, season to taste, and then add the Vietnamese coriander to finish!
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Finished Product
The mixed pickled melon with pork belly when completed has an eye-catching color, with a sour, crunchy, and salty taste of pickled melon combined with soft, fatty pork that truly stimulates the taste buds.
The spicy flavor of chili and garlic adds to the deliciousness of the dish; it is best served hot with white rice!
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The dish pickled melon mixed with pork belly is really simple to make, isn’t it? Why hesitate? Go ahead and make this delicious dish to make your family meal more appealing. TasteVN wishes you success in your preparation!
