Blanched Pork Belly & Coriander Salad

Name: Blanched Pork Belly & Coriander Salad
Yield: 2 to 3 Servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150 g thinly sliced Pork Belly *cut into bite-size pieces; Salt to cook Pork Belly; 50 g Coriander *1 bunch that I bough was about 50g; 1/4 red Onion *thinly sliced; 10 cm Cucumber *sliced 3-4mm thick; 1 Hot Chilli *OR as required, thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons Roasted Peanuts *coarsely chopped; 1 tablespoon Lime/Lemon Juice; 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce; 1 teaspoon Sugar *optional, alter the amount to suit your taste

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

Coriander is ‘Love OR Hate’ vegetable. If you are a coriander hater, you wouldn’t enjoy this salad. If you love Coriander, you got to try it. It’s so refreshing and yummy. I hesitate to say I love Coriander, but I do enjoy its flavour. Definitely I don’t think it tastes like soap. Pork Belly is blanched in boiling salted water and you don’t add any Oil to this salad. It is quite healthy.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

2 to 3 Servings

150 gthinly sliced Pork Belly *cut into bite-size pieces
Salt to cook Pork Belly
50 gCoriander *1 bunch that I bough was about 50g
1/4red Onion *thinly sliced
10 cmCucumber *sliced 3-4mm thick
1Hot Chilli *OR as required, thinly sliced
2 tablespoonsRoasted Peanuts *coarsely chopped
Sauce
1 tablespoonLime/Lemon Juice
1 tablespoonFish Sauce
1 teaspoonSugar *optional, alter the amount to suit your taste

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Steps

1

Combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Sugar is optional. Add it only if you want the sauce sweet. You may wish to add more.
2

Wash Coriander, then dry well. Salad spinner would be a good tool. I use a large tea towel. Wrap Coriander with a tea towel and shake it, so that you can remove water pretty well.
3

Cut Coriander into 2-3cm pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Add Red Onion, Cucumber and Chilli.
4

Cook Pork slices in strongly salted boiling water. It won’t take long. When cooked, drain, cool under cold water, drain well, then add to the bowl.
5

Add the sauce and mix to combine. Scatter coarsely chopped Roasted Peanuts and serve immediately.