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Spicy Pork Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Spicy Pork Salad

12 ingredients 6 servings openrecipes
Spicy Pork Salad

This Spicy Pork Salad, a riff on a classic Thai dish called larb, is packed with bright flavors from lime juice and zest and a generous helping of fresh mint.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

616
Calories
31g
Protein
40g
Fat
36g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Sambal not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 vegetable oil, divided
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 4 hot chili paste (such as sambal oelek), divided
  • 1 ground pork
  • 2 finely grated lime zest
  • 1/2 fresh lime juice (3-4 limes)
  • 2 fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam)
  • 1 (packed) light brown sugar
  • 1 small red onion, half finely chopped, half sliced
  • 2 (packed) fresh mint leaves, 1 cup chopped
  • 1 head of butter lettuce, leaves separated
  • 1 English hothouse cucumber, thinly sliced

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By bonappetit · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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