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Join PasGo to discover the secrets of making crispy bitter melon salad with shrimp and pork, a refreshing and delightful dish that beats the summer heat, perfect for your family meals!
By combining various ingredients such as bitter melon, shrimp, pork belly, and following the cooking tips below, this dish achieves a harmonious balance of colors and flavors: slightly exotic, rich, and delicious, unlike typical salads. Moreover, with this simple, oil-free recipe for bitter melon salad with shrimp and pork, it helps balance the body's fat levels and makes your family meals even lighter!
Ingredients:
(serving for 4 people)
- Bitter melon: 300g
- Large fresh shrimp: 100g
- Pork belly: 200g
- Carrot: 1 root
- Onion: half a bulb
- Roasted peanuts, peeled: 50g (if desired)
- Garlic: 1 clove
- Fresh chili: 1 piece
- Coriander
- Seasonings: Fish sauce, vinegar, sugar, salt
Note: When choosing bitter melon, select ones with large spikes, light green, and big in size to reduce bitterness!
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How to make bitter melon salad with shrimp and pork:
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
- Wash the bitter melon thoroughly, cut it in half lengthwise, remove the seeds, and slice it thinly.
Pro Tip: To prevent bitterness in the salad, after slicing the bitter melon, soak it in ice water for about 20-30 minutes. Not only will it lose its bitterness, but it will also become crunchier.
- After soaking, remove and drain the bitter melon slices.
- Clean the fresh shrimp, bring a pot of water to boil, add the shrimp and cook until done. Once cooled, peel and devein the shrimp, remove the heads and tails, and remember to devein the black vein on the shrimp's back. Then, cut each shrimp in half.
- Wash the pork thoroughly, then boil it with half a teaspoon of salt, which will enhance the flavor of the meat.
- Once the meat is cooked, remove it from the pot, let it cool, and then finely slice it.
- Wash the carrots, peel them, and then julienne them into long strips.
- Peel the onions, and slice them into thin strips.
Note: To remove the sharpness of the onions and make them more crispy, after slicing, soak them in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of vinegar + 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic.
- Clean the peppers, remove the seeds, and slice them thinly.
- Pick and wash the coriander, then finely chop it and place it in a separate bowl.
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Step 2: Execution
- For the salad dressing: Mix 2 tablespoons fish sauce + 4 tablespoons cooking oil + 2 tablespoons vinegar + 2 teaspoons sugar. Stir well. Taste and adjust according to your family's preference. Then add chili + garlic + coriander to the fish sauce, mix well.
- Finally, put all the ingredients in a large bowl, pour the salad dressing into the bowl, mix well, and sprinkle roasted peanuts on top.
Note: For salads, it's best not to prepare them too far in advance, as they will lose their crispiness and taste!
Crispy bitter melon salad with shrimp and pork, delicious without bitterness, blends the sweetness of shrimp, the tenderness of meat, and the sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors perfectly, the more you eat, the more you'll be fascinated by the unique and interesting taste of the dish. Moreover, bitter melon with its cooling and refreshing properties is very beneficial for health and those prone to heatiness. Roll up your sleeves and try making this bitter melon salad with shrimp and pork right away!
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