Vietnamese Pork Balls With Hot And Sour Dipping Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• To make the pork balls: place all the ingredients for the pork balls except the egg white and cornflour, into a bowl and mix well.
• Add the egg white and cornflour to bind.
• Place in the fridge to firm for about 1 hour.
• Divide the mixture into 24 equal-sized balls
• Heat the chilli oil and olive oil in a frying pan over a high heat.
• Add the pork balls and brown on all sides.
• Reduce the heat and cook gently for 8-9 minutes until cooked through
• Remove from the pan, drain on kitchen paper and keep warm.
• To make the dipping sauce: heat the chilli oil in a medium pan and add the onion.
• Cook gently until soft and translucent.
• Add the brown sugar and the chilli sauce and stir until the sugar has dissolved
• Add the ketchup, rice vinegar and Nam Pla and heat through.
• Leave to cool.

Steps:

• For the patties:
• In a large bowl, use your hands to mix together all of the ingredients, then form the mixture into twelve 2-inch patties (about 3/4 inch thick). Arrange the patties on a plate and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, until firm.
• Preheat the grill for at least 10 minutes and set it up to grill over moderately high heat. Oil the grates. Grill the patties until brown grill marks form on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Flip the patties, then grill for 3 to 4 minutes longer, until cooked through but still juicy.
• For the sauce and assembly:
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk the vinegar with the sugar and water. Add the fish sauce, then taste and season with more vinegar or sugar, depending on your taste.
• Arrange the lettuce leaves and herb sprigs on a platter. To serve, wrap the pork patties and herb sprigs in lettuce and dip in the sauc

Steps:

• Stir the sugar and warm water together in a bowl until the sugar dissolves completely; add the fish sauce, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, Thai chile peppers, and green onion to the mixture.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• Combine ground pork, bread crumbs, shallot, lemongrass paste, mint, fish sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger root, and salt in a large bowl. Using a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop, shape mixture into meatballs, and place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are no longer pink in the center and cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the dipping sauce by mixing water, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, Thai chile, and garlic in a small bowl.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Place meatballs under the hot broiler just until the tops start to turn brown to get a little color and crispness, about 2 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.