Thai takeaway style spicy minced pork salad with a tangy citrus dressing.
This Thai style minced pork salad is a variation on Thaikhun’s minced chicken salad dish. Based on a classic laab, it’s fiery hot and packed with flavour, with garlic, shallots, chillies, fresh herbs and more. A topping of crispy toasted rice adds texture and the spicy salad is served with sticky rice or fresh lettuce leaves.
Ingredients For Minced Pork Salad
This salad is full of flavour and fresh ingredients. Deliciously savoury minced pork is cut through with a dressing of soy sauce, fish sauce, fresh lime juice and sugar. The salad ingredients include shallots, spring onion, coriander and mint for fresh flavour, as well as toasted rice for texture and roasted chilli flakes for a smokey flavour and a touch of heat.
How To Make Minced Pork Salad
Making this simple Thai style minced pork salad is so easy. First, the soy sauce, fish sauce, lime juice and sugar are combined. Then, the remaining salad ingredients are combined separately. Pork mince is cooked with a touch of water and combined with the prepared seasonings and fresh ingredients and served with sticky rice or lettuce leaves.
Step 1: Make Salad Dressing
In a small bowl, add 1 teaspoon thin soy sauce, 1 teaspoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Mix well and set aside.
Step 2: Combine Salad Ingredients
In a separate small bowl, add 2 sliced shallots, 1 sliced spring onion, 1 small handful fresh coriander, 1 small handful fresh mint, 1 generous tablespoon toasted rice and 1 teaspoon roasted chilli flakes.
Step 3: Cook Minced Pork
Heat a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 125 grams minced pork and 3 tablespoons water and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until water is absorbed and pork is cooked. Switch off heat and allow cooked pork to stand for 1 minute.
Step 4: Assemble Thai Style Minced Pork Salad
Add prepared sauce, vegetables and herbs to cooked pork, mix well and transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with more toasted rice and serve with sticky rice and lettuce leaves.
I hope you’ll try this Thai takeaway style minced pork salad recipe. If you do, let me know in the comments how it went!
Minced Pork Salad (Thai Takeaway Style)
Equipment
- 1 Wok or Large Frying Pan
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon thin soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 shallots thinly sliced
- 1 spring onion thinly sliced
- small handful fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
- small handful fresh mint leaves finely chopped
- 1 generous tablespoon toasted rice
- 1 teaspoon roasted chilli flakes
- 125 grams minced pork
- 3 tablespoons water
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add 1 teaspoon thin soy sauce, 1 teaspoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Mix well and set aside.
- In a separate small bowl, add 2 shallots, 1 spring onion, small handful fresh coriander leaves, small handful fresh mint leaves, 1 generous tablespoon toasted rice and 1 teaspoon roasted chilli flakes.
- Heat a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add 125 grams minced pork and 3 tablespoons water and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until water is absorbed and pork is cooked. Switch off heat and allow cooked pork to stand for 1 minute.
- Add prepared sauce, vegetables and herbs to cooked pork, mix well and transfer to a serving plate. Garnish with more toasted rice and serve with sticky rice and lettuce leaves.
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- McGovern, Kenny (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages – 05/09/2024 (Publication Date) – Robinson (Publisher)
