Nem Chua

Name: Nem Chua
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 500g lean ground pork; 100g pork skin, thinly sliced; 4 cloves garlic, sliced; Banana leaves, for wrapping

Nem Chua/nem chua/

Also known as: Vietnamese Fermented Pork

About this dish

A tangy fermented pork sausage wrapped in banana leaf, eaten fresh with garlic and chile.

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Ingredients

🥩500g lean ground pork

🐷100g pork skin, thinly sliced

🧄4 cloves garlic, sliced

🍃Banana leaves, for wrapping

Method

Serves 2

Mix ground pork with pork skin, garlic, and seasoning.

Shape into small logs and wrap tightly in banana leaf.

Let ferment at room temperature for a couple of days until tangy.

Unwrap and serve fresh with garlic and chile.

Eat cold as a snack or appetizer.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Nem chua is a traditional Vietnamese fermented pork, especially associated with the city of Thanh Hoa.

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