How to Make Vietnamese Pickled Shallots

Vietnamese Grilled Pork Skewers

Cut the greens into 2 cm pieces.

Recipe Summary Vietnamese Grilled Pork Skewers

For this dish, we need to prepare two things (1) the grilled pork, and (2) the dipping sauce.

Ingredients | Vietnamese Pickled Shallots

1 pound pork belly, cubed

1 fresh red chile pepper, minced

3 stalks lemongrass, minced

3 tablespoons fish sauce

3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste

1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)

1 teaspoon white sugar

1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder

bamboo skewers

¼ cup fish sauce

¼ cup white sugar

1 fresh red chile pepper, minced, or more to taste

1 lime, juiced

5 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste

1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG), or to taste

1 cup water

Directions

Combine pork belly, 1 red chile pepper, lemongrass, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, 3 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon MSG, 1 teaspoon white sugar, and five-spice powder in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until marinated, 1 to 3 hours.

Mix 1/4 cup fish sauce, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 red chile pepper, lime juice, 5 cloves garlic, and 1 teaspoon MSG together in a bowl. Let sit until dipping sauce flavors meld, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Pour in water.

Thread the marinated pork belly onto bamboo skewers.

Preheat grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Cook pork skewers, turning occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.

You can use pork butt in place of pork belly if desired. Grilling over charcoal is best.

Info | Vietnamese Pickled Shallots

prep: 30 mins cook: 8 mins additional: 1 hr total: 1 hr 38 mins Servings: 6 Yield: 6 servings

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