How to make delicious boiled pork

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Boiled pork is a very familiar dish in Vietnamese families. Delicious boiled pork served with dipping sauce always attracts everyone. So do you know how to boil pork? Here's how to boil delicious pork to make the meat soft, beautiful pink and white, and retain its sweetness and aroma when eaten.

1. How to choose and buy good pork

Pork is a familiar source of food in Vietnamese meals, not only delicious but also a great source of nutrition. Pork provides a lot of protein, providing a full range of essential amino acids for the body's daily activities. In addition, pork also contains a lot of vitamins and minerals such as fat, selenium, thiamin, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and vitamins such as B6, B12,...
Want a delicious boiled pork dish, we need to know how to choose good pork. To choose to buy good pork, it is necessary to pay attention to the following 3 points:
Fat and lean layer: Good pork will have a layer of fat and lean meat that stick together, not separate or loose. The lean meat is dry, the muscles are a bit tight, the meat is even and firm, and the skin is soft, which is a sign that the pork is delicious. If the lean meat is too much while the fat and skin is small, it is likely that the pig has been given a weight gainer. Color and smell of meat: Quality pork is lean meat with a color from light pink to dark red; clear or slightly ivory white fat. Delicious pork is meat with a characteristic aroma, no rancid smell and no harsh oil. Elasticity: Use your fingertips to press the meat, if the meat sinks and returns to its original state when you lift your hand, it's good meat. Fresh pork is meat that has just been slaughtered and will have very good elasticity. 2. How to cook delicious boiled pork 2.1 Ingredients to prepare Pork (bacon, thigh meat, shoulder meat, pork leg meat): 500g - 800gr (more or less depending on the number of family members). Dried onion: 1 green onion: 5-7 branches Garlic: 1 bulb Pepper chili: 1 fruit 2.2 How to make Step 1: Preliminary preparation of ingredients
After buying pork, shave off the hairs left on the skin and soak with salt water diluted for about 5 - 10 minutes to let the dust and dirt in the meat secrete. If the meat is too big and thick, divide it into 2-3 pieces depending on the size of the meat, so that the boiled meat cooks faster. Note: Do not shred fresh meat before boiling, this will cause the boiled pork to dry out.
Step 2: Remove the bad smell of pork
To keep the pork from getting bad, blanch the meat for about 2-3 minutes in boiling water with green onions, ginger and pepper with the whole piece of meat to remove impurities and odors on the meat.

Step 3: Boil the meat
Put the blanched meat in the pot, pour cold water over the meat. You can add a little salt or you can add a few purple onions or onions, a few slices of ginger to remove the smell of pork. Boil pork for about 20 minutes, the meat is cooked and tender, the most delicious. If boiled for too long, the meat will be dry. When boiling pork, to prevent the meat from turning black, the amount of water must be submerged through the meat. Note: When boiling pork, you should keep it on medium-low heat to help the meat cook slowly and become softer. When the water boils, turn down the heat to prevent the water from spilling out. During the boiling process, you need to pay attention to skim off the foam residue in the pot so that the boiled pork is pink and white, the boiled water is clear. After the meat is cooked, immediately put the meat in a bowl of cold water to keep the firmness of the meat, and also help the boiled pork not to brown. Step 4: How to cut boiled pork beautifully
Slice pork into even pieces, cut right along the grain so that the meat does not dry out. Use a sharp knife to cut the meat so that the piece of meat when slicing will not fall apart.

3. Boiled Pork Sauce

If you want a delicious boiled pork dish, you must have a dipping sauce to make the dish more delicious and attractive. Here are 3 very simple recipes to make boiled pork dipping sauce that will help you get an irresistible dish.
3.1 Sweet and sour garlic chili sauce (A serving for 2-3 people)
Ingredients: Fish sauce: 3 tablespoons Chili: 1 Garlic: 3 cloves White sugar: 1.5 tablespoons Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon MSG: 1 /4 tbsp Directions Preparation of ingredients: Peeled garlic, pounded. Chilli washed, chopped. Dissolve 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1.5 teaspoons of white sugar, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of filtered water, 1/4 teaspoon of MSG in a bowl and stir well to combine the spices. Next, add minced garlic and chili, stir well. Thus, the sweet and sour garlic chili sauce is completed to make the boiled pork more delicious.

3.2 Seasoning seasoning for boiled pork Ingredients Pineapple: 1⁄4 berries Sugar: 2 tablespoons Lemon: 1 tablespoon Garlic and chili seasoning Method First peel the pineapple, then cut it into small pieces and puree the pineapple, Peeled, minced garlic Next, mix the seasoning sauce, sugar and the above ingredients together, stirring until the above mixture blends together. Finally, you taste the mixture of seasoning and seasoning to see if the taste is just right and add lemon juice to the bowl of seasoning fish sauce. When finished, the seasoning sauce is not too salty, the natural sweetness of pineapple and a little sourness from the lemon juice creates a very delicious mixture, just eaten, fragrant with the characteristic flavor of seasoning fish sauce. Fish sauce can be used with dishes such as boiled pork, boiled shrimp salad, boiled beef, ...
3.3 Shrimp paste with boiled pork Ingredients Pure shrimp paste” 2-3 tablespoons Lemon: 1⁄2 fruit Sugar: 1 tablespoon Main noodles (monosodium glutamate): 1 tablespoon Wine: 1⁄2 tablespoon Purple onion, fresh chili Method Mix Mix shrimp paste, sugar, lemon and wine together, stir to combine spices until you see a lot of foam in the bowl, then stop. Next, fry the dry onions until golden, then add the above mixture to the island, about 1 minute, then turn off the heat. Put the mixture in a bowl to cool down, then add the main noodles, fresh chili and stir well, Thus, the shrimp paste is finished to eat with boiled pork. The finished product has a smooth consistency, beautiful purple color, has the typical salty taste of shrimp paste in harmony with the sour taste of lemon and chili. Above are a few recipes for preparing boiled pork sauce, please refer to it, it will make boiled pork more delicious.

Thus, the article presented a very simple and easy way to cook delicious pork that we cannot ignore. Delicious medium-sized pork served with an attractive, blended boiled pork dipping sauce will make you enjoy them right away. With this instruction on how to make boiled pork, hopefully you can easily prepare and make your own or treat your family to a dish that is both delicious and hygienic.

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