Fried Vietnamese Rice Paper Cups
Fresh, full of flavour. Modern twist on the Vietnamese staple. Perfect snack, entrée or canape for entertaining.
55 minutes
Capable Cooks
4
What you’ll need
INGREDIENTS
- 1kg SunPork Fresh Foods Pork Belly
- 5 tsp. palm sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 6 Tbsp. fish sauce
- 1L coconut water
- 2 Tbsp. chicken stock powder
- 1 pack rice paper sheets
SALAD
- 1 red capsicum, finely diced
- 1 carrot, finely diced
- 1 cucumber, finely diced
- ½ cup fresh coriander leaves
- ½ cup fresh mint leaves
- 1 lime, juiced
- 2 Tbsp. fish sauce
SALAD DRESSSING
- ¼ cup fish sauce
- ¼ cup palm sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 Tbsp. lime juice
- 2 tsp. rice wine vinegar
- ½ stem lemongrass, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 Thai chili, finely diced
How to make it
- Preheat fan-forced oven to 150⁰C.
- In a fry-pan over high heat, add sugar and stir until clumps form
- Add 1 Tbsp. water and stir until combined, repeat 1 Tbsp. at a time until all water has been added and a dark caramel has formed.
- Add fish sauce and stir, then add coconut water and chicken stock powder and stir until it starts to bubble.
- Place whole pork belly into a deep baking tray, and cover with sauce.
- Transfer to oven for 25 mins and remove from oven when pork is tender.
- While pork is cooking, prepare salad. In a bowl mix capsicum, carrot, cucumber, coriander, mint, 2 Tbsp. fish sauce and half of one juiced lime.
- To make the sauce, combine ¼ cup fish sauce, ¼ cup palm sugar, water, 2 Tbsp. lime juice, rice wine vinegar, lemongrass, garlic and chili. Mix well until sugar has dissolved.
- Remove pork belly from oven and rest for 10 mins. Then take a sharp knife and cut thin slices.
- Prepare rice paper by cutting it into 1/8th triangles with a pair of scissors.
- In a separate fry-pan, fill halfway with oil and until bubbles form around a wooden toothpick. Carefully place rice paper segment into oil and fry for 1-2 secs. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a paper towel to drain.
- Repeat until you have the desired number of fried rice paper cups
- Place pork and salad into rice paper cup, drizzle with sauce and garnish with peanuts and mint leaves.
- Serve and enjoy!
