Nem Nuong

Name: Nem Nuong
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 500g minced pork with some fat; 4 garlic cloves and 2 shallots, minced; 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp baking powder; Rice paper; Lettuce, mint, perilla and other herbs; Cucumber, green mango or unripe banana, sliced; Dipping sauce of pork stock, glutinous rice, peanuts and garlic

Nem nướng/nem NOO-ung/

Also known as: Nem Nuong Ninh Hoa, Vietnamese Grilled Pork Sausage, Vietnamese Pork Skewers

About this dish

Sweet, garlicky pork sausages grilled on skewers and rolled in rice paper with herbs, cucumber and green banana, dipped in a peanut sauce.

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Ingredients

🐖500g minced pork with some fat

🧄4 garlic cloves and 2 shallots, minced

🐟1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp baking powder

🫓Rice paper

🌿Lettuce, mint, perilla and other herbs

🥒Cucumber, green mango or unripe banana, sliced

🥜Dipping sauce of pork stock, glutinous rice, peanuts and garlic

Method

Serves 3

Mix the pork with the garlic, shallots, fish sauce, sugar and baking powder until sticky.

Chill for an hour, then shape around skewers.

Grill over charcoal until browned and cooked through.

Wet the rice paper and roll the sausage with herbs and vegetables.

Dip into the warm peanut sauce to eat.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Nem nướng Ninh Hòa from Khánh Hòa province is the most famous version, served with a thick, savoury dipping sauce.

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