Thai pork lettuce cups with nam jim

Recipes / Meat

These pretty lettuce cups filled with pork fillet and vermicelli make an easy, tasty mid-week meal.

Recipe «Thai pork lettuce cups with nam jim» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 500g pork fillet, trimmed, 100g vermicelli noodles, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, thinly sliced, 250g cherry tomatoes, quartered , 3 green onions, thinly sliced, 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves, 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves , Butter lettuce leaves, to serve, 1/4 cup coriander stems, root attached, washed, finely chopped, 1 large red chilli, seeded, finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup fish sauce, 1/4 cup lime juice.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil 
  • 500g pork fillet, trimmed 
  • 100g vermicelli noodles 
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, halved lengthways, thinly sliced 
  • 250g cherry tomatoes, quartered 
  • 3 green onions, thinly sliced 
  • 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves 
  • 1/2 cup fresh mint leaves 
  • Butter lettuce leaves, to serve 
  • 1/4 cup coriander stems, root attached, washed, finely chopped 
  • 1 large red chilli, seeded, finely chopped 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar 
  • 1/4 cup fish sauce 
  • 1/4 cup lime juice 

Instructions

  1. Make Nam jim: Combine coriander, chilli, garlic, sugar, fish sauce and lime juice in a glass bowl. Set aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan-forced. Line a roasting pan with baking paper. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add pork. Cook for 5 minutes each side or until browned. Transfer to prepared pan. Roast for 20 minutes or until juices run clear when pieced with a skewer. Transfer pork to a plate. Cover with foil to keep warm.
  3. Place noodles in a heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water. Stand for 10 minutes or until soft. Drain. Refresh under cold water. Drain. Transfer to a large bowl. Using kitchen scissors, roughly chop noodles. Add cucumber, tomato, onion, coriander and mint leaves.
  4. Thinly slice pork. Add to bowl with noodles. Toss gently. Drizzle with nam jim. Toss gently to combine. Serve pork and noodles in lettuce cups with remaining nam jim on the side.