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Pork soaked in fish sauce is one of the typical dishes of Vietnamese cuisine. This dish has the sweet taste of bacon, delicious fish sauce, salty and spicy to catch rice. 

Ingredients for making marinated meat with fish sauce

• Bacon: 500 gr
• Vinegar: 2 tablespoons
• White wine: 500 ml
• Delicious fish sauce: 500 ml
• Filtered water: 200 ml
• Sugar: 600 gr
• Spices: Crushed skullcap, garlic, chili, star anise
• Tools: Umbrella rope to tie meat, glass jar with lid.

How to make delicious marinated meat hard to resist

Step 1: Prepare ingredients

• After buying bacon, you use a razor to clean the outside hair, rub the meat with vinegar to remove dirt and then wash it several times with clean water. This is also a way to make meat soaked in fish sauce without the fishy smell of meat. Then you use string to tie the piece of meat. This will help keep the meat firm and not mushy during the boiling process.
• Peel the garlic, wash it, and slice it thinly.
• Chili peppers are washed, seeded and cut into small pieces.

Step 2: Boil the meat

• Put the pot of water on the stove, bring the water to a boil, then put the bacon in the pot briefly, then pour the water away because this is the part that secretes the slime of the meat.
• Continue to fill the pot with water, add a little salt and cook until the meat is cooked. Prepare a bowl of ice water, when the meat is just cooked, take it out and soak it in ice water for about 15-20 minutes, then take out the meat to drain. This way will help the pork to be firmer and more delicious when soaked in fish sauce.
• The way to check the doneness of boiled meat is to use a chopstick to skewer the meat, if there is no pink juice coming out, it means the meat is cooked. Next, cover the boiled meat with cling film, place it in the refrigerator for about 1-2 hours to quickly dry and hunt again, the meat will be easier to absorb the fish sauce.

Step 3: Make the fish sauce mixture

• Put 450ml of fish sauce, 450g of sugar, 2 tablespoons of vinegar into the pot, put on the stove to boil over low heat. While boiling, use chopsticks to stir until the sugar is completely dissolved, until the mixture thickens, then turn off the heat.
• Sugar and vinegar help create a sweet and salty taste for fish sauce, and after soaking, pork will have a nice consistency and shine. Add the garlic, chili, and ground pepper to the cooked fish sauce mixture.

Step 4: Make pork soaked in fish sauce

• Take the pork out of the refrigerator, cut off the string with a knife, and place the pork in the jar. Put the fish sauce mixture into the jar, use bamboo chopsticks to press the meat close to the bottom of the jar and then close the lid carefully. Store in a dry, well-ventilated place, away from direct sunlight and heat. After about 2-3 days, you can enjoy the marinated pork with fish sauce. When eating, you take out the meat, cut it into thin slices, serve on a plate with hot rice and raw vegetables.
• Care should be taken not to place the jar of soaked meat in the refrigerator. Because the low temperature will cause the fish sauce to coagulate with the fat in the pork, the meat soaked in fish sauce will float and the dish will lose its delicious taste.

Finished Product Requirements

Pork soaked in fish sauce meets the requirements, the meat has a crispy layer of fat, the pork skin is soft but not friable, nor too hard. At the same time, the meat color is slightly pink, when eating, you can feel the natural sweet and aromatic taste. Fish sauce soaked in pork has enough saltiness, sweetness, rich sourness, perfect blend, characteristic aroma, clear water and no scum.

In order for the dish to be preserved for a long time and the meat to absorb the delicious taste, the glass jar must be washed, dried, and then put in the meat. And absolutely do not put the jar of soaked meat in the refrigerator because under low temperature, the fish sauce will coagulate with the fat in the pork, leading to a situation where the soaked meat floats and is not tasty.

The secret to making delicious marinated pork

To have a delicious fish sauce-soaked pork dish, the preparation of ingredients is extremely important. You need to pay attention to choose pork belly with thin skin, clear white fat, crispy, lots of meat. Fresh pork will be dark red or bright red.

Fresh pork will have elasticity when pressed, the meat surface is dry, firm, soft skin, no strange smell. Absolutely do not choose pieces of meat that are light green, dark, viscous because the quality of the meat is not guaranteed.

So with a simple and quick way to make meat soaked in fish sauce, you can make this dish yourself at home. Please quickly save this way to make meat soaked in fish sauce when needed.