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Vietnamese Shrimp and Pork Salad - Goi Tom Thit

Vietnamese Shrimp and Pork Salad | Goi Tom Thit

By: Cindy Lam Lorimer
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 5
Vietnamese Shrimp and Pork Salad, or Goi Tom Thit, is a refreshing mix of shrimp, pork, herbs, and crunchy vegetables, all tossed in a tangy, sweet-and-sour dressing. It's a light, flavorful dish perfect for any occasion.

Ingredients

Protein:

  • 1 lb pork tenderloin
  • 1 liter coconut water
  • 1 large shallot, peeled, cut in half
  • lemon
  • pinch kosher salt
  • pinch sugar
  • 1 lb shrimp

Salad:

  • 1 whole onion, peeled, sliced super thin, soak in ice cold water for 30 minutes
  • 2 lbs carrots, peeled, julienned
  • 1 whole bunch celery, julienned
  • ⅓ cup rau ram (can substitute with basil), roughly chopped
  • ⅓ cup mint leaves, roughly chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced thinly
  • 4 persian cucumbers, remove seeds, sliced super thin
  • ⅓ cup cilantro, roughly chopped

Optional ingredients to add to salad:

  • 2 cups lotus rootlet (fresh or in a jar), or green mango or green papaya, rinse and julienned
  • Chinese celery, leaves only, roughly chopped
  • fried shrimp chips/ shrimp crackers

Garnish:

  • ⅓ cup fried shallots
  • ⅓ cup peanuts, chopped
  • served with shrimp crackers

Dressing:

  • 1 cup fish dipping sauce

Instructions

  • Boil pork in a pot with 1 liter of coconut water and halved shallots.
  • Fill pot with water, several inches above height of pork, and cook for one hour.
  • Boil water in a medium saucepan with a squeeze of lemon/lime, a pinch of salt and sugar, and boil shrimp with shell on. It’s cooked once it turns pink.
  • Remove shrimp from water and wait until it cools.
  • Then peel shrimp and slice them in half lengthwise.
  • Soak onion in an ice cold water bath for 30 minutes, then drain and set aside.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients and put ¼ of shrimp aside to use as garnish on top of the serving platter/bowl together with the fried shallots and chopped peanuts.
  • Dress with fish dipping sauce and serve with shrimp crackers (optional).

Nutrition

Serving: 1portion | Calories: 490kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 205mg | Sodium: 1328mg | Potassium: 2092mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 41g | Vitamin A: 31957IU | Vitamin C: 85mg | Calcium: 224mg | Iron: 4mg