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Spicy Grilled Pork Salad
By: Leela Punyaratabandhu


4
servings
Main
Course
Print Recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Ingredients
2 lb
well-marbled boneless pork shoulder

1 tbsp
packed grated palm sugar or granulated coconut sugar, or 2 teaspoons packed
light brown sugar

1 tsp
salt

2 tbsp
Thai glutinous rice (see headnote)

½ c
chicken stock

2 tbsp
fish sauce

¼ c
very thinly sliced shallots

¼ c
fresh lime juice

Red pepper flakes, for seasoning

¼ c
roughly chopped fresh cilantro leaves and stems

½ c
loosely packed fresh mint leaves

3-4
dried red bird’s eye chiles, for garnish

2-3
wedges green cabbage, for serving

Cooked sticky rice or jasmine rice, for serving



Lightly marinated pork shoulder, grilled over hot coals just until smoky and
charred on the outside and barely pink on the inside, is a good eat. But sliced
up and doused with dressing—a beautiful interplay of fragrant herbs, funky fish
sauce, vibrant lime juice, smoky dried chiles, and nutty ground toasted rice—it
becomes the glorious nam tok mu, a beloved classic from northeastern Thailand.

This dish is cooked twice quickly—but twice nonetheless. So it’s important to
use the right cut of pork: nothing too lean, like pork loin or tenderloin, or
too fatty or too tough to eat (unless slow cooked), like pork belly.
Well-marbled boneless pork shoulder is your Goldilocks. If you ask me, nothing
else will do.

This grilled pork salad is served warm—neither piping hot nor at room
temperature—traditionally with sticky rice.


DIRECTIONS

 1. Cut the pork into large slices 1⁄2 inch thick. Prick each slice a few times
    with a fork. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar and salt. Add the
    pork and rub the sugar mixture evenly into the strips. Cover and refrigerate
    for 3 to 4 hours.
 2. Meanwhile, in a dry small frying pan, toast the rice over medium-low heat,
    stirring almost constantly, until the grains are golden brown and have a
    nutty aroma, about 15 minutes. Immediately transfer the rice to a small
    heatproof bowl and let cool completely (do not leave it in the pan, as it
    will continue to toast). In a small food processor or a mortar, grind the
    rice to a coarse powder. Measure out 2 tablespoons for serving; discard the
    rest or keep it for a future use.
 3. Light a full chimney of charcoal. When the coals are ready, spread them out
    on the bottom of a kettle grill or hibachi for cooking over a high fire.
 4. When the coals are covered with white ash and the grate is hot, place the
    pork on the grate and cook (with the lid off if using a kettle grill),
    flipping often, until lightly but thoroughly charred on the outside yet
    still rare on the inside, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate, cover, and
    let rest for 15 minutes.
 5. Cut the pork against the grain into bite-size slices about 1⁄4 inch thick.
    Transfer the slices along with any accumulated juices to a 2-quart saucepan
    (one that is wide and shallow works better than one that is narrow and
    deep). Add the stock, set it over medium-high heat, and heat, stirring
    often. When the liquid forms tiny bubbles around the edge of the pan, add
    the fish sauce and stir briskly to make sure every piece of pork is
    cooked—though ever so lightly. Immediately remove the pan from the heat and,
    while everything is still warm, stir in the shallots and lime juice. Taste
    and adjust the seasoning with more fish sauce and lime juice. Keep in mind
    that this is not a delicately seasoned salad—northeastern Thai dishes
    typically pack a punch! You want it predominantly sour, then salty, with a
    faint sweetness from the natural pork juice and what’s left of the sugar in
    the marinade. Also, don’t forget that you’re eating this with bland rice, so
    season accordingly.
 6. Once it tastes good to you, decide how spicy hot you want it and stir in as
    much pepper flakes as you like. Now, quickly stir in the cilantro and 1
    tablespoon of the toasted rice and stir vigorously to wilt the herbs
    slightly and disperse the rice evenly.
 7. Arrange the salad on a platter. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon toasted
    rice on top, followed by the mint leaves. Garnish with the dried chiles,
    which you can crumble into the salad for extra heat. Serve immediately with
    the cabbage and enjoy with warm rice.

Reprinted with permission from Flavors of the Southeast Asian Grill: Classic
Recipes for Seafood and Meats Cooked Over Charcoal by Leela Punyaratabandhu.
Copyright© 2020 shesimmers.com. Photographs copyright ©2020 by David Loftus.
Published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

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COOKED OVER CHARCOAL

LEELA PUNYARATABANDHU



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