This recipe was created by our friend Ashley Marti of @LocalHaven in partnership with USA Rice and TheFeedfeed.
Crispy Pork Rice Salad
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked long grain rice
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts
- 1 shallot, sliced into thin rings
- 2 tablespoon cilantro leaves, chopped
Garnishes:
- 1 small english cucumber, halved and thinly sliced
- 1 lime, sliced into wedges
- 1 cup herb mix (cilantro, basil, and mint)
Lime fish sauce:
- 1 small shallot, thinly sliced into rounds
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- ¼ cup lime juice
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
Crispy caramelized pork:
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons caramel sauce
- 1 teaspoons sugar
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
Directions
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Combine rice, lime juice, and salt in a large serving bowl; set aside.
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Heat ¼ cup olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the shallot rings and cook, until brown and crisped, about 5-7 minutes. Strain the shallots and let cool (and continue to crisp) onto a paper towel.
- Return pan to medium-low heat and add peanuts. Cook, stirring, until peanuts turn a medium shade of brown and become fragrant, 5–8 minutes. Add peanuts, shallots and cilantro to rice and toss together.
- Taste and add more salt and lime juice, if needed. Set aside
Lime Fish Sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk together shallots, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, chile flakes, and scallions. Set aside.
Crispy Caramelized Pork
- Warm the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the pork, breaking it up into small pieces for 3-4 pieces until no longer pink. Add the fish sauce, caramel sauce and sugar, stirring to combine.
- Turn the heat to medium-high and cook for another 5 minutes until deeply browned. Keep stirring and spreading out the pork to cover the bottom of the skillet. Lower the heat to medium and cook for another 3 minutes, stirring to avoid burning
- Remove the skillet from the heat and stir in the green onions.
- Using a slotted spoon, add the crispy caramelized pork to the cilantro peanut rice. Top with cucumbers, cilantro, mint and basil and serve with lime wedges and the lime fish sauce.
