Ahead of the Vancouver Foodster Meatball Challenge, Chef Tai Luong Nguyen of Linh Cafe shares his recipe for Bun Cha, Vietnamese pork meatballs.
Recipe
Meatballs
2 kg ground pork
5 whole shallots chopped up
2 tbsp fish sauce
20 g salt
30 g sugar
10 g ground black pepper
1 brunch green onions cut up
Mix all the ingredients well together then roll it out into meatballs .
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Pickled green papaya and carrots
1 green papaya sliced thin
3 jumbo carrots sliced thin
20 g salt
40 g sugar
40 ml white vinegar
1 tbsp minced garlic
Mix all ingredients well and keep in a container in your fridge to use when needed.
Dipping Fish Sauce
200 ml fish sauce
400 ml cold water
200 ml white vinegar
300 g white sugar
2 bird eye chili peppers
Mix all the ingredients well and keep on the fridge to use when needed.
Rice Vermicelli
Have a pot of boiling water, add you vermicelli in and keep stirring in simmering water for 2 minutes.
Fresh Herbs
1 green lettuces
1 bunch of cilantro
1 bunch of mint
1 bunch of Thai basil
Mix all the green and herbs together.
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