Vietnamese pork salad
This is delicious served warm in 'cups' of lettuce leaves with sprouts such as alfalfa and snow pea shoots.
Instructions
Step 1 Heat oil in a pan, add garlic, onion and mince and cook gently until cooked through.
Step 2 Remove from heat and add rest of ingredients and stir until thoroughly combined.
Step 3 Serve in iceberg lettuce leaves.
Variations
Use any mince for this dish, or tofu is a great vegetarian option.
- Recipe by:
- Alison Robert
First published October 2005
Recipe Information
Portions: 2
Time to make: 20 minutes
Total cost of all ingredients: $9.18 / $2.30 per serve
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sesame or peanut oil
- 250g pork mince
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 small red onion, finely sliced
- 1 bunch coriander, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
- 1 red or green chilli, deseeded and chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons roasted, unsalted peanuts
- lime juice of 1
- iceberg lettuce leaves, to serve
Nutrition Information
| per serve | |
|---|---|
| Energy |
2210
kJ
(533 Cals) |
| Protein | 39.1g |
| Fat - saturated |
36.9g
7.8g |
| Carbohydrates - sugars |
10.1g
5.2g |
| Dietary Fibre | 3.9g |
| Sodium | 1690mg |
| Calcium | 130mg |
| Iron | 6.9mg |
| * NS: Not specified | |

