VIETNAMESE GRILLED PORK SKEWERS

Vietnamese Grilled Pork Skewers image

For this dish, we need to prepare two things (1) the grilled pork, and (2) the dipping sauce.

Provided by Nguyen Duc Cuong

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Vietnamese

Time 1h38m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

1 pound pork belly, cubed
1 fresh red chile pepper, minced
3 stalks lemongrass, minced
3 tablespoons fish sauce
3 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG)
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
bamboo skewers
¼ cup fish sauce
¼ cup white sugar
1 fresh red chile pepper, minced, or more to taste
1 lime, juiced
5 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate (MSG), or to taste
1 cup water

Steps:

Combine pork belly, 1 red chile pepper, lemongrass, 3 tablespoons fish sauce, 3 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon MSG, 1 teaspoon white sugar, and five-spice powder in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until marinated, 1 to 3 hours.
Mix 1/4 cup fish sauce, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 red chile pepper, lime juice, 5 cloves garlic, and 1 teaspoon MSG together in a bowl. Let sit until dipping sauce flavors meld, 30 minutes to 1 hour. Pour in water.
Thread the marinated pork belly onto bamboo skewers.
Preheat grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate. Cook pork skewers, turning occasionally, until crisp, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with the dipping sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 201 calories, Carbohydrate 15.3 g, Cholesterol 27.3 mg, Fat 10.6 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 10.8 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 2019.6 mg, Sugar 9.9 g