Name: Vietnamese Grilled Pork Skewers Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 lb pork belly; 1 fresh red chile pepper; 3 lemongrass stalks; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 3 garlic cloves; 1 tsp monosodium glutamate; 1 tsp white sugar; 1 tsp chinese five-spice powder; bamboo skewers; For Dipping Sauce:; ¼ cup fish sauce; ¼ cup white sugar; 1 fresh red chile pepper; 1 lime; 5 garlic cloves; 1 tsp monosodium glutamate; 1 cup water

How To Make Vietnamese Grilled Pork Skewers

These grilled pork skewers are marinated with lemongrass and spices, cooked until crispy, and paired with a spicy and tangy dipping sauce.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 8 minutes

Marinate Time: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 38 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1lbpork belly,cubed
1fresh red chile pepper,minced
3lemongrass stalks,minced
3tbspfish sauce
3garlic cloves,minced, or more to taste
1tspmonosodium glutamate,(MSG)
1tspwhite sugar
1tspChinese five-spice powder
bamboo skewers

For Dipping Sauce:

¼cupfish sauce
¼cupwhite sugar
1fresh red chile pepper,minced, or more to taste
1lime,juiced
5garlic cloves,minced, or more to taste
1tspmonosodium glutamate,(MSG), or to taste
1cupwater

Instructions

Pork Skewers:

Combine the pork belly, red chile pepper, lemongrass, fish sauce, garlic, MSG, white sugar, and five-spice powder in a bowl.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 to 3 hours until marinated.

Dipping Sauce:

Mix the fish sauce, sugar, red chile pepper, lime juice, garlic, and MSG together in a bowl.
Let sit for 30 minutes to 1 hour until dipping sauce for flavors meld. Pour in the water.

To Grill:

Thread the marinated pork belly onto bamboo skewers. Preheat the grill for high heat and lightly oil the grate.
Cook the pork skewers for 8 to 10 minutes, turning occasionally until crisp.
Serve with the dipping sauce, and enjoy!