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Lemongrass Pork with Vietnamese Table Salad

By Mai PhamPhotography by Tina Rupp
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Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 Servings

Ingredients

Dipping sauce

3

/4 cup hot water

5

tablespoons fish sauce

3

1/2 tablespoons sugar

1

1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2

Thai bird chiles with seeds or 1/2 jalapeño chile with seeds, minced

1

garlic clove, minced

Pork

6

green onions (white and pale green parts only), chopped (about 1/2 cup)

3

tablespoons chopped lemongrass

2

tablespoons soy sauce

1

tablespoon golden brown sugar

2

teaspoons fish sauce

1

/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

3

tablespoons vegetable oil, divided

1

1/2 to 1 3/4 pounds boneless pork loin chops (each 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick)

Salad and noodles

1

small English hothouce cucumber, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise

1

baby pineapple, peeled, halved, thinly sliced or 1/2 small pineapple, peeled, cut into 2 wedges, cored, thinly sliced

2

cups bean sprouts

1

cup fresh Thai basil leaves

1

cup fresh cilantro leaves

1

cup fresh mint leaves

20

fresh green shiso leaves

1

/2 cup finely shredded carrot

1

8- to 9-ounce package dried rice vermicelli noodles

3

heads of butter lettuce, cored, leaves separated

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Preparation

  1. Dipping sauce

    Step 1

    Mix all ingredients in small bowl. Season sauce to taste with salt. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.

  2. Pork

    Step 2

    Mix first 6 ingredients and 2 tablespoons oil in 11x7-inch glass dish. Add pork chops to marinade, turn several times to coat evenly, then crowd together in single layer. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.

  3. Salad and noodles

    Step 3

    Arrange cucumber, pineapple, bean sprouts, all herbs, and carrot around edge of large platter. DO AHEAD Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Cover; chill.

    Step 4

    Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender and turning white, separating often with tongs, about 4 minutes. Drain. Arrange in center of platter. Mound lettuce leaves in large shallow bowl.

    Step 5

    Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Brush grill rack with remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Grill pork with marinade still clinging to meat until slightly charred and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes per side, depending on thickness. Transfer pork to cutting board. Let rest 10 minutes.

    Step 6

    Cut pork crosswise into 1/3-inch-wide strips. Place pork and any juices from board atop noodles. To serve, fill lettuce leaves with pork, noodles, herbs, and vegetables. Serve with sauce for dipping.

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