Vietnamese Pork Salad with Rice Noodles

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    6
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    383

This very fragrant salad is delicious and the perfect summer meal. You can use the BBQ for the pork if you wish. And those herbs! So good.

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/vietnamese-pork-salad-with-rice-noodles

recipe updated 12 Jan 2022

Ingredients

  • Pork loin steak icon
    Pork loin steak
    500 g
  • Spring onion icon
    Spring onion
    4
  • Cucumber icon
    Cucumber
    1
  • Soy sauce icon
    Soy sauce
    40 g
  • Rice noodles icon
    Rice noodles
    200 g
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Peanuts icon
    Peanuts
    100 g
  • Napa cabbage icon
    Napa cabbage
    ½
  • Mint leaves icon
    Mint leaves
    2 handfuls
  • Thai basil icon
    Thai basil
    2 handfuls
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    3
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    15 g
  • Fresh chilli icon
    Fresh chilli
    2
  • Coconut sugar icon
    Coconut sugar
    50 g
  • Lime juice icon
    Lime juice
    40 g
  • Fish sauce icon
    Fish sauce
    50 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Frying pan
  • kCook icon Saucepan
  • kCook icon Large serving bowl

Step preview

  1. Add pork loin steak to a clean medium bowl with the soy sauce
  2. Marinate in fridge - 1 hr
  3. Pre-heat oven - 200°C
  4. Transfer meat to frying pan
  5. Fry in frying pan until browned - high heat
  6. Set aside
  7. Add rice noodles and water to a clean saucepan
  8. Cook rice noodles as per instructions
  9. Drain and let cool
  10. Transfer noodles to meat
  11. Add peanuts to a clean baking sheet
  12. Roast - 10 min, 200°C
  13. Cool and roughly chop
  14. Add napa cabbage, spring onion, cucumber, mint leaves and Thai basil to a clean large serving bowl
  15. Add garlic clove, ginger, fresh chili, coconut sugar, lime juice, fish sauce, extra virgin olive oil, mint leaves and basil to the TM5 bowl
  16. Blend with MC on - 10 sec, speed 8
  17. Add some of the dressing to the pork and noodles and stir to combine
  18. Add the pork, noodle mix to the salad on demand
  19. Serve with the salad and sprinkle with peanuts
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