Moo Manao

Name: Moo Manao
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 300g pork loin or neck, thinly sliced; 5 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped; 8 bird's eye chillies, chopped; 1 tsp sugar; White cabbage, mint and coriander

หมูมะนาว/moo ma-NOW/

Also known as: Mu Manao, Thai Lime Pork, Thai Spicy Lime Pork Salad

About this dish

Thin slices of poached pork drenched in a sharp, spicy dressing of lime, garlic, chilli and fish sauce, served on ice-cold cabbage.

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Ingredients

🐖300g pork loin or neck, thinly sliced

🍋5 tbsp lime juice

🐟2 tbsp fish sauce

🧄6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped

🌶️8 bird's eye chillies, chopped

🍬1 tsp sugar

🥬White cabbage, mint and coriander

Method

Serves 2

Poach the pork in boiling water for about a minute until just cooked.

Plunge into iced water and drain well.

Mix the lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, garlic and chillies.

Lay the pork on a bed of chilled cabbage.

Pour over the dressing, scatter with herbs and serve straight away.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Moo manao is a popular Thai drinking snack (kap klaem), served very cold so the dressing stays bright and the pork firm.

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