Simple Phở Cuốn for Small Households

Name: Simple Phở Cuốn for Small Households
Ingredients: 500 grams uncut rice noodle sheets (about 1.1 lbs); 1 cucumber; 1 head romaine lettuce; 100 grams green beans (about 3.5 oz); 1/2 carrot; 2 cloves garlic; 1 chili pepper; 1 tablespoon sugar (about 12 grams); 2 tablespoons fish sauce (about 30 ml); 2/3 cup boiling water (150 ml); Juice of 1 lime; 400 grams boiled pork (about 14 oz)

Thu Mèo @thumeo93

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After Tet, we had a lot of leftover boiled pork and were tired of eating rice and bánh chưng, so I decided to make this phở cuốn to use up the extra meat and change things up. Since there aren’t many people in my house, I kept the filling as simple as possible.

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Ingredients

500 gramsuncut rice noodle sheets (about 1.1 lbs)
1cucumber
1 headromaine lettuce
100 gramsgreen beans (about 3.5 oz)
1/2carrot
2 clovesgarlic
1chili pepper
1 tablespoonsugar (about 12 grams)
2 tablespoonsfish sauce (about 30 ml)
2/3 cupboiling water (150 ml)
Juice of 1 lime
400 gramsboiled pork (about 14 oz)

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Steps

1

Remove the skin from the boiled pork, slice it, then chop it finely. Heat some cooking oil in a pan, add the pork, and stir-fry. Season with a little MSG and a splash of fish sauce to taste. Stir until the pork absorbs the seasoning, then turn off the heat. Don’t cook too long or the meat will dry out.
2

Peel and wash the carrot, then shred it. Cut off the ends of the cucumber, rub to remove any bitterness, wash, and slice into thin sticks. Pick and wash the cilantro and lettuce, then drain. Trim the ends off the green beans, slice them diagonally, then blanch briefly in boiling water until just tender. Remove and let cool.
3

Mix fish sauce, MSG, and sugar with boiling water, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add lime juice and adjust to your preferred level of sourness. Add finely chopped garlic and chili, stirring gently so the garlic and chili float on top for a nice appearance.
4

Arrange the rice noodle sheets, cucumber, carrot, cilantro, lettuce, green beans, and chopped pork on a platter. Serve and enjoy!