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Barbecued pork belly salad recipe

Barbecued pork belly salad recipe

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Originating in Lao, larb salad is traditionally made using minced meat, but our tasty twist makes the most of beautifully barbecued pork belly and gives a punchy salad packed with fiery Asian flavour. Crisp cucumber, lettuce, carrot and spring onions complement this rich, tender meat perfectly. Add crushed cashews and fresh mint for extra crunch and fragrance, and serve with a rice vinegar, ginger and lime dipping sauce to make it really sing. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 20 mins to prepare and 18 mins to cook
  • 427 calories / serving
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free

Ingredients

For the dipping sauce

  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp just-boiled water
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and very finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/2 red chilli, finely chopped

For the pork belly

  • 1/2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and very finely chopped
  • 500g pork belly slices

For the salad

  • ½ cucumber, seeded and cut into half moons
  • 2 little gem hearts, leaves separated and shredded
  • 1 large carrot, grated
  • 3 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced

To serve

  • 2 tbsp unsalted roasted cashew nuts, crushed
  • handful mint leaves
  • 1/2 red chilli, sliced
If you don't have any limes, try a lemon instead

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1780kj
    427kcal
    21%
  • Fat

    29g 42%
  • Saturates

    10g 50%
  • Sugars

    14g 15%
  • Salt

    1.5g 25%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 15g Protein 26.9g Fibre 2g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. To make the dipping sauce, combine the sugar with the just-boiled water, stirring to dissolve. Add this to the fish sauce, chopped ginger, rice vinegar, lime juice and chopped chilli.
  2. To make a rub for the pork, combine the sugar with the fish sauce and chopped ginger. Rub this mixture over the pork belly slices with salt and pepper to season. Set aside.
  3. Place a large griddle pan over a medium-high heat to get hot. Shake dry the marinated pork belly slices and spread them out in a single layer on the pan and sear, before transferring to the oven for 20 minutes, until highly coloured and firm. Alternatively, barbecue the pork belly slices over white-hot barbecue coals for 15-18 minutes, turning often until slightly charred and firm. A skewer inserted into the centre of a slice should allow only clear juices to flow; if they are pink the pork needs further cooking.
  4. Transfer the belly slices to a chopping board to rest for 5 minutes. Add the cucumber moons, shredded lettuce, grated carrot and spring onions into a serving bowl. Slice the pork belly into bite-sized chunks, add on top of the salad and scatter with crushed cashews, mint leaves and red chilli slices. Serve with the dipping sauce.

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