A pork dish from the Vietnamese kitchen.

Ingredients

• 1 tsp Golden Caster Sugar
• Juice of 2 Lime
• 1 chopped Red Chilli
• Handful Coriander
• 1 tablespoon Sesame Seed Oil
• 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
• 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
• 500g Pork Tenderloin
• For brushing Vegetable Oil
• 1/4 White Cabbage
• 1 chopped Cucumber
• 5 chopped Celery
• 3 sliced thinly Spring Onions
• 1 chopped Red Chilli
• 2 chopped Lemongrass Stalks
• Zest of 1 Lime
• Handful Coriander
• Handful Mint

Method

1. The day before: make the dressing. Put the sugar and lime juice in a pan with 1 tbsp water and bring to the boil to dissolve the sugar. Add the chilli and coriander and stir well, then pulse in a blender until smooth. Tip into a bowl, then stir in the sesame oil, fish sauce, soy sauce and sesame seeds to make a dressing. Cover and chill until needed.
2. Two hours before serving: heat a griddle pan. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Brush the pork with oil and griddle on all sides for a few minutes until seared. Transfer to a baking tray and put in the oven for about 10-12 minutes until cooked through. Cool, thinly slice against the grain of the meat. Tip into a bowl and pour over half the dressing.
3. To serve: toss the remaining salad ingredients in a bowl with the remaining dressing. Pile on to a platter, top with the pork slices and spoon over any juices.

Source

This recipe is adapted from TheMealDB (id 53237), a free community-curated recipe API. Original listing: themealdb.com.

A walkthrough video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DCJNrNTTB4.

Original source noted by the contributor: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/vietnamese-pork-salad.