Name: Lemongrass pork with rice noodles
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Dressing; 4 clove garlic, peeled; 2 hot chillies, coarsely chopped; 2 tablespoon sugar; 1/4 cup fish sauce; 1/2 cup chopped coriander; 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint; 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice; 750 gram pork fillets, cut into 1cm slices; 4 clove garlic, peeled; 3 stalks of lemongrass, lower 10cm only (tough layers removed), chopped; 2 brown shallots, roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon sugar; 2 tablespoon fish sauce; 2 tablespoon fresh lime juice; 2 tablespoon peanut or vegetable oil; 1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce; Rice noodle salad; 250 gram dried rice noodles; 2 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded, thinly sliced; 1 carrot, peeled and cut into sticks

Lemongrass pork with rice noodles

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Serves 6

Prep

30M

Cook

10M

Total

40M

Ingredients

Dressing

4 clove garlic, peeled

2 hot chillies, coarsely chopped

2 tablespoon sugar

1/4 cup fish sauce

1/2 cup chopped coriander

1/2 cup chopped fresh mint

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

750 gram pork fillets, cut into 1cm slices

4 clove garlic, peeled

3 stalks of lemongrass, lower 10cm only (tough layers removed), chopped

2 brown shallots, roughly chopped

1 tablespoon sugar

2 tablespoon fish sauce

2 tablespoon fresh lime juice

2 tablespoon peanut or vegetable oil

1 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce

Rice noodle salad

250 gram dried rice noodles

2 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded, thinly sliced

1 carrot, peeled and cut into sticks

Method

1.To make dressing, pound garlic, chillies and sugar in a mortar. Stir in fish sauce, coriander, mint, lime juice and 1/3 cup water.

2.To marinate pork; pulse garlic, lemongrass, shallots together in processor until finely chopped. Add sugar, fish sauce, lime juice, oil and soy sauce and whiz until well combined. Transfer to a bowl, add pork, stir through and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or overnight.

3.Place noodles in a large bowl, cover with cold water and soak for 20 minutes. Drain and cook in boiling water for about 1 minute. Until just tender. Drain, rinse in cold water and drain again. Place in large serving bowl, add half of the dressing and toss well.

4.Preheat a grill or barbecue. Remove pork from marinade (but don’t rub marinade off). Cook over high heat for about 2 minutes each side, until charred. Arrange pork, carrot, cucumbers and extra mint leaves over noodles. Serve with remaining dressing.

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