Recipe

Thai pork salad with kaffir lime dressing

Oct 31, 2009 1:00pm
  • 15 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Thai pork salad
  • 600 gram pork fillets
  • 2 tablespoon grated palm sugar
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated lime rind
  • 2 teaspoon peanut oil
  • 350 gram watercress, trimmed
  • 1 cup loosely packed fresh thai basil leaves
  • 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves
  • 1/2 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
  • 1 1/2 cup (120 grams) bean sprouts
  • 1 medium green capsicum, thinly sliced
Kaffir lime dressing
  • 2 clove garlic, crushed
  • 3 shallots, thinly sliced
  • 1 fresh small red thai chilli, thinly sliced
  • 3 fresh kaffir lime leaves, thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup (60 millilitres) lime juice
  • 1/3 cup (80 millilitres) fish sauce
  • 2 teaspoon grated palm sugar

Method

Thai pork salad with kaffir lime dressing
  • 1
    Cut pork fillets in half horizontally. In a large bowl, combine sugar, rind and oil with pork.
  • 2
    In heated oiled large frying pan, cook pork mixture, in batches, over medium heat, about 15 minutes or until cooked through. Cover pork; stand 5 minutes, then slice thinly.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, make kaffir lime dressing.
  • 4
    Place pork in large bowl with remaining ingredients and dressing; toss gently to combine.
Kaffir lime dressing
  • 5
    Place ingredients in screw-top jar; shake well.

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