This dish has two names: gio xao (stir-fried pork roll) primarily based on the preparation technique and gio thu (pork head roll) primarily based on the substances, primarily pork head meat like ears and cheeks.
This recipe serves about 6 to eight folks, takes roughly 75 minutes to organize, and offers round 3,000 energy in whole.
Substances
– 1 pork ear (400 grams)
– 500 grams pork cheek
– 1/2 pork trotter (400 grams)
– 30 grams of dried wooden ear mushrooms
– 2 shallots
– Banana leaf or a stir-fried pork roll mould
– Bamboo strings
– Spices: fish sauce, MSG, crushed pepper, shallots
Instruction
1. Preparation
– Start by completely shaving the pork ear, pork cheek, and pork trotter.
– Rub the cleaned pork ear, cheek and trotter with lime and salt, guaranteeing that any undesirable odors are minimized.
– Rinse the meat completely underneath operating water.
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After being cleaned, the pork ear, cheek, and trotter reveal their naturally gentle pink hue. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy |
– Blanch the pork ear, cheek, and trotter with crushed shallot and salt. This course of helps take away impurities and enhances the perfume of the meat.
– Totally wash and drain the meat, then slice it thinly.
– Mix all of the sliced meat and marinate with 1.5 to 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 3 teaspoons of crushed pepper, and 1 teaspoon of MSG.
– Enable the meat to marinate for no less than half-hour to infuse the flavors.
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Pork ear, cheek, and trotter are sprinkled with black pepper. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy. |
– Soak wooden ear mushrooms, wash, and lower into 0.5 cm thick items.
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Sliced, soaked wooden ear mushrooms resemble strings of darkish brown noodles. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy |
2. Cooking course of
– Warmth a pan over medium warmth and add shallots to it.
– Then add the pork ear, cheek, and trotter to the pan with the shallots.
– Stir-fry the meat for about 5 minutes over low warmth to forestall sticking.
– As soon as the meat companies up, enhance the warmth.
– Stir effectively to empty any extra moisture or liquids from the substances.
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When stir-fried, the meat companies up, reworking into a lightweight brown coloration. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy |
– Add the sliced wooden ear mushrooms into the stir-fried combination.
– Stir the combination for a couple of minutes, and modify the seasoning to style.
– Proceed stir-frying the pork combination till the pores and skin softens and begins to stay.
– Enable the stir-fried meat to chill barely earlier than wrapping. This helps to launch any extra warmth, as meat that is too scorching could spoil quickly. However, if it turns into too cool, the combination will not be sticky sufficient, which might make it troublesome to form right into a agency roll.
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Sautéed meat and wooden ear mushrooms with a shiny look within the pan. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy |
– Warmth banana leaves over hearth to reinforce their flexibility and perfume, then wash the banana leaves completely.
– Place just a few layers of the ready banana leaves on a flat floor.
– Spoon the stir-fried meat onto the layered banana leaves.
– Roll the banana leaves tightly across the meat, then safe the roll by tying them with bamboo strings.
– After wrapping, press the roll with a heavy object to take away extra fats and guarantee a compact form.
– Throughout chilly climate, the roll can be utilized after half a day of wrapping.
– Alternatively, you may put the roll within the fridge to make it agency extra shortly.
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The pork roll resembles banh tet (cylindrical rice cake), a well-liked dish throughout Tet within the southern area. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy |
– If accessible, you may go for a pork roll mould, particularly when making a big batch with restricted banana leaves.
– You may line the within of the mould with heated banana leaves to impart the aroma to the stir-fried roll.
– Switch the stir-fried meat into the mould. Apply stress utilizing the deal with to compact the combination into the cylindrical form.
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The cylindrical pork roll mould is usually manufactured from chrome steel. Picture by VnExpress/Bui Thuy |
3. Completed product
– The stir-fried pork roll presents a well-defined form, guaranteeing that every slice holds collectively in a clear lower
– When eaten, one can savor the crunchy texture from the ear, the fattiness from the cheek, the fish sauce aroma, the spiciness from the pepper, and the refined perfume of banana leaves.