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Vietnamese Grilled Pork | Thit Nuong
Thit Nuong is a popular Vietnamese grilled pork dish, marinated in lemongrass, garlic, and fish sauce, known for its smoky flavor and tender texture. Perfect with vermicelli noodle salad or stuffed in a Banh mi.
Ingredients
Marinade:
- 3 lb pork tenderloin, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup shallots, minced
- 2 Tbsp garlic, minced
- ¼ cup fish sauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¼ cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 lemongrass stalks, finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp sesame oil
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
Scallion oil for garnish:
- 5 green onions, chopped
- ½ cup avocado oil, or any neutral oil
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and marinate overnight.
- Remove marinated pork from fridge.
- Bring it to room temperature, about an hour.
- Grill over a charcoal grill (preferred), gas grill, or fry in a large skillet.
- If using a skillet, on medium high heat, add 2 Tbsp butter and 2 Tbsp sesame oil to the pan.
- Add half of the marinated pork and cook for 4 minutes, untouched.
- Flip meat over then cook for another 4 minutes.
- Remove meat from pan and repeat process with the second batch.
- To make the green onion oil, heat 1/2 cup oil in a small saucepan. Make sure to never fill the pan more than 1/3 or hot oil will overflow.
- Once oil is hot, remove from heat and add green onions.
- Garnish grilled pork with green onion oil.
- You can serve this in a banh mi sandwich, eat with a vermicelli noodle salad, or serve it with rice.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 623kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 21g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 168mg | Sodium: 770mg | Potassium: 1037mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 342IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 3mg
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