Thai Grilled Pork Neck Salad with Toasted Rice and Lime

What you need

• 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) pork neck, in one thick piece, about 3 cm (1 1/4 in)
• 3 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp for the marinade, 2 tbsp for the dressing
• 2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp for the marinade, 1 tsp for the dressing
• 1/2 tsp white pepper, ground
• 1 bunch cilantro, about 40 g, roots and stems chopped for the marinade, leaves kept whole
• 2 tbsp raw glutinous rice
• 3 shallots, thinly sliced
• 3 scallions, cut into thin rings
• 1 handful mint leaves
• 3 tbsp lime juice, from about 2 limes
• 2 tsp dried chili flakes, or to taste
• 8 leaves lettuce, for serving
• 1 cucumber, sliced, for serving

Method

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1. 1

   Separate the cilantro leaves from the stems and roots. Chop the stems and roots finely.

2. 2

   Mash the chopped cilantro stems with 1 tbsp of the fish sauce, 1 tsp of the sugar and the white pepper. Rub the paste over the pork neck and leave it for 20 min.

3. 3

   Toast the glutinous rice in a dry frying pan over medium heat, shaking often, until deep golden and nutty, 4-5 min.

4. 4

   Grind the toasted rice in a mortar or spice grinder to a coarse powder with some texture left. Set aside.

5. 5

   Heat a grill or a cast-iron grill pan over medium-high heat. Cook the pork 7-9 min per side, turning once, until charred in spots and 63 °C (145 °F) in the center.

6. 6

   Move the pork to a board and rest it for 10 min, keeping any juices.

7. 7

   Slice the pork across the grain into strips about 3 mm thick. Put the strips and the resting juices in a large bowl.

8. 8

   Stir the lime juice, the remaining 2 tbsp fish sauce, the remaining 1 tsp sugar and the chili flakes in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves. Taste: it should be sour first, then salty and hot.

9. 9

   Pour the dressing over the pork, add the ground rice and toss well.

10. 10

    Add the shallots, scallions, mint and cilantro leaves. Toss lightly so the herbs stay whole.

11. 11

    Pile the salad on a platter and serve at once with lettuce leaves and cucumber slices on the side.

Imported from thesidesmith.com. Recipe Grab pulled out what you need to cook it; the video stays where its author put it.