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Vietnamese Shrimp and Pork Salad | Goi Tom Thit
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
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