Dipping Sauce for Pork Sausage Rolls
The dipping sauce for Nem Nuong Cuon at Brodard in Orange County is legendary. A perfect blend of savory and sweet infused with garlic and chili, it's a rich and flavorful complement to the grilled pork spring rolls. This signature orange sauce is so beloved, everyone tries to replicate it at home and I think we have come close to recreating that taste.
Ingredients
Annatto oil:
- ¼ cup avocado oil, or any neutral oil
- 1 Tbsp annatto seeds
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup annatto oil
- 1 Tbsp garlic, minced
- ¼ cup shallots, minced
- ¼ lb shrimp , with head on, peeled, rough chop, save the shells and head
- ¼ lb ground pork
- 1 liter coconut water
- 1 Tbsp mushroom powder
- ½ Tbsp rock sugar
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch, mixed with ¼ cup water
- 2 Tbsp hoisin
- 2 Tbsp almond butter, or peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp fish sauce
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- ¼ cup dried shrimp, minced
- 1 egg
- peanuts, chopped for garnish
Instructions
Annatto oil:
- In a small saucepan, on medium heat, add oil.
- When hot, remove saucepan from heat and add annatto seeds. Let it sit for 5 minutes, then remove seeds.
Instructions:
- Heat up a pan and add the annatto oil.
- Then add garlic, shallots and shrimp heads and shells. Cook for a couple of minutes until shallots are soft.
- Add ground pork and cook for a few minutes.
- Add shrimp and cook for a couple of minutes more.
- Then add coconut water, mushroom powder, rock sugar, cornstarch mix, hoisin, almond butter, fish sauce, vinegar and dried shrimp.
- Bring to a boil then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Turn off heat and remove the shrimp shells.
- With a hand blender, purée the sauce mix then add one egg.
- Slowly mix it up so you can still see streaks of the egg. Let it cook for another minute. Remove from heat.
- Serve in individual ramekins and top with crushed peanuts.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 271mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 10IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 0.5mg