How to make delicious crispy fish sauce soaked pork in the Central region

Not only a New Year’s snack, pork soaked in fish sauce is also included in the daily menu of many families because of its delicious taste and very catchy rice.

Ingredients for marinated pork with fish sauce

Prepare
20 Minutes Processing
40 Minutes For
4 persons

If you are also a lover of crispy pork fibers and have a strong salty-sweet taste, then find out how to make an extremely simple home made pork chop with fish sauce below!

Ingredients for marinated pork with fish sauce

• 1kg pork (three pieces)
• 600ml fish sauce
• 600g white granulated sugar
• 160g rock sugar

• 50g onion
• 10g purple onion
• 15g ginger root
• lemon

Good tip :

To choose good pork belly, you should choose pieces of meat that are firm, have good elasticity, have a light red or bright pink color and a bright white layer of fat between them . In addition, so that when eating is not too boring, you should choose meat with an equal proportion of fat and meat.

You should avoid buying meat that is pale or too dark, has a fishy smell, is soft and has small white spots.

Ingredients for marinated pork with fish sauce

How to make marinated pork with fish sauce

Step 1Process materials

First, you need to prepare 1kg of pork belly. You cut the meat into pieces about 8-10cm long and about 4-5cm thick , then shave off any remaining hair on the skin.

Next, you clean and deodorize the pork by soaking it in a mixture of salt and vinegar for about 5 minutes and then taking it out and rinsing it with clean water. Next, you bring the meat to blanch in boiling water for about 2 minutes .

Prepare the ingredients

Then, you crush 160g rock sugar so that when cooking it will dissolve faster. At the same time, you peel the onion, red onion and ginger. You take it to wash, smash the red onion and ginger, then cut the onion into areca segments.

Step 2Cooking fish sauce

You put in a large pot 600ml fish sauce, 160g alum sugar and 600g white granulated sugar. You stir the mixture for about 1 minute to let the sugar dissolve, then turn on the stove.

Cooking fish sauce soaked in meat

First, turn on medium heat and stir constantly so that the sugar dissolves quickly and doesn’t burn the bottom of the pot. When the fish sauce has boiled, turn down the heat very low for about 5 minutes to let the fish sauce boil slightly and remove the foam (if any).

After turning off the stove, let the fish sauce cool down. It can take 3-4 hours.

Step 3Boiled pork belly

You prepare a pot of water, then put in the onion, red onion and ginger. At the same time, you squeeze ½ lemon into the meat broth.

When the water is about to boil, you proceed to boil the pork belly. Remember to always let the broth cover the pork face and turn it often so that the meat cooks more evenly.

Boiled pork belly

You boil the meat with medium heat for about 35 minutes (from the time the water boils) and the meat will be cooked. Then, you put the meat in a bowl of cold water for about 2 minutes to make the meat clear and crispy, then take it out and drain.

Step 4Soak pork with fish sauce

Completely submerge the meat in fish sauce

You prepare 1 glass jar (volume about 2 liters for 1kg of meat), boil it in boiling water to sterilize and then drain . You need to let the pork dry and then slowly put it in the jar. Then, pour the cooled fish sauce mixture into the meat so that it covers the meat and then cover it.

You can soak the meat for about 3-5 days in a cool place to take it out and use it.

Finished product

After soaking the pork in fish sauce, you take it out and slice it thinly to taste. When enjoying, you can eat with lettuce, cucumber, pineapple, tomato…

Ingredients for marinated pork with fish sauce

Each fiber of meat is firm, rich in fish sauce flavor and crispy skin mixed with fresh raw vegetables will definitely catch the rice.

Reference : 2 recipes for making simple fish sauce-soaked pork at home

Above are the shares of Bach Hoa Xanh about the secret to making delicious crispy fish sauce soaked pork in the Central region. I wish you success!

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