20-Minute Pork Larb Lettuce Wraps with Vermicelli & Nuoc Cham

20-Minute Pork Larb Lettuce Wraps with Vermicelli & Nuoc Cham

Ready in 20 minutes • Serves 6
This dish most recently appeared in Bargain Box (4 Nights For 6) on Sunday, June 26, 2022.
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From recipe to dinner table in 20 minutes! Wrap Asian-style pork, noodles and fresh veggies in a crunchy lettuce cup or serve as a salad. Take your tastebuds to Southeast Asia with this savoury and refreshing meal.

Ingredients

Pork

  • 1 Tbsp sesame oil
  • 900g free farmed pork mince
  • 1 pack Vietnamese spices
  • 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce

To Serve

  • 1 twin pack baby cos lettuce, leaves separated
  • 2 carrot, peeled into ribbons
  • 200g mung bean sprouts
  • 1 pack crispy shallots
  • 200g nuoc cham

Vermicelli

  • 3 pack vermicelli noodles, string removed
  • 1 tsp sesame oil

Steps

  1. Bring a full kettle to the boil.
  2. Heat first measure of sesame oil in a large frypan on high heat. Add pork mince and Vietnamese spices and cook for 7-8 minutes, breaking mince up with a wooden spoon, until cooked through. Stir through fish sauce and vinegar. Season to taste with salt.
  3. Place vermicelli in a large heat-proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Use a fork to separate strands, then cover. Leave for 5 minutes, then drain well. Return to bowl and cut in a few places with kitchen scissors to make them easier to eat. Mix through second measure of sesame oil and set aside.
  4. While vermicelli is soaking, separate lettuce leaves and peel carrot into ribbons.
  5. Lettuce cups filled with noodles, pork, mung bean sprouts, carrot, crispy shallots and nuoc cham. Alternatively, chop lettuce and serve all as a salad with nuoc cham drizzled over.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2112 kj
505 kcal
Protein 34.6g
Carbohydrate 55.0g
Fat 15.8g