2 ways to make delicious and flavorful soft grilled pork broken rice just like in restaurants

How to prepare Grilled Broken Rice with Pork Ribs

• 1

  Prepare the ingredients

  The pork ribs you bought should be washed clean with water.

  Then place the meat in a pot along with 2 tablespoons of vinegar, 2 tablespoons of salt, then pour in enough water to cover the meat and soak for 20 – 30 minutes.

  After soaking the meat, take it out and rinse it again with clean water and let it drain.

  Remove the stems from the chili, peel the garlic and shallots. Next, wash the lemongrass, chili, garlic, shallots, and green onions thoroughly and let them drain.

  

  
• 2

  Marinate the ribs

  Chop the lemongrass, shallots, 4 cloves of garlic, and 5 chilies into small pieces and put them into a mortar with 6 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 6 tablespoons of fresh milk, 1 teaspoon of five-spice powder and grind until the ingredients form a homogeneous mixture.

  Next, add all the marinade mixture to the pork ribs and mix well.

  Marinate the ribs for 8 – 12 hours to let the meat absorb the spices.

  After marinating, add 1 bowl of water (a rice bowl) to the ribs and evenly soak both sides of the meat in the water before grilling!

  

  

  

  
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  Grill the ribs

  Heat the electric stove, then place each piece of marinated meat on the grill and cook at a low temperature.

  Grill for about 20 minutes until the meat is cooked and turns golden.

  Then, mix 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and 4 tablespoons of meat marinade in a bowl.

  Brush the honey mixture over the meat and grill for about 1 minute, then flip the meat and brush honey on the other side.

  Continue grilling for another 5 – 7 minutes, flipping the meat evenly until it has a dark golden brown color and a fragrant aroma, then remove the meat.

  

  

  

  
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  Making scallion oil and fish sauce

  You add 2 chili peppers and put them into a mortar with 2 cloves of garlic and grind them finely.

  Add 8 tablespoons of cooled boiled water and 3 tablespoons of sugar into a bowl, then stir to dissolve the sugar.

  Add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce and stir well again.

  Then you add 1/2 tablespoon of lime juice along with the minced garlic and chili and stir well to finish.

  After washing, you chop the scallions finely and put them into a clean bowl with a little salt.

  Next, you add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil into a pan, then heat the oil and pour it immediately into the bowl with the scallions.

  Quickly mix the scallions while the oil is still hot, and you have completed the scallion oil dish!

  

  

  

  

  Ingredients for Grilled Pork Broken Rice For 3 people

  Broken rice 300 gr White rice 60 gr Pork ribs 300 gr (about 4 pieces of ribs) Pork skin 100 gr Daikon radish 1/2 piece (large daikon) Carrot 1 piece Tomato 1 piece Chili 1 piece Garlic 4 cloves Red onion 3 pieces Green onion 4 stalks Coconut water 1 cup (rice bowl) Fish sauce 6 tablespoons Vinegar 100 ml (about 1/2 rice bowl) Cooking oil 6 tablespoons Common seasoning a little (sugar/ salt/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate/ pepper) Cucumber 1 piece

  Utensils needed

  How to choose fresh pork skin

  • You should choose pork skin pieces that are pink, without bruises or black spots on the surface.
  • It is advisable to choose thick, large pieces of pork skin that have good elasticity when pressed.
  • Avoid choosing pieces of pork skin that smell bad, have a fishy odor, or are too white.

  

  How to prepare Grilled Pork Broken Rice

  • 1

    Cooking rice

    Add broken rice to the pot and rinse the rice until clean, then add water to the pot to about the height of one finger joint.

    Next, place it in the rice cooker and press the cook button.

    
  • 2

    Prepare the ingredients and make the pickles

    White radish and carrots are peeled and washed clean. Cucumbers and green onions are also washed clean and drained.

    Tomatoes and chili are washed clean and the stems removed. Shallots and garlic are washed clean and peeled.

    Proceed to cut the cucumbers into diagonal slices and cut the tomatoes into round slices. Use only the green part of the green onions and chop them finely. Chop the chili, shallots, and garlic finely.

    Next, shred the white radish and carrots.

    Then, add 1/2 cup of vinegar, 3 tablespoons of sugar, and 1/4 tablespoon of salt into a clean bowl and stir well.

    Add the shredded carrots and white radish into the vinegar-sugar mixture, mix well, and soak for about 1 hour.

    

    

    

    
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    Prepare and marinate the ribs

    The ribs you bought should be cleaned thoroughly, then use a pestle or hammer to pound the meat to make the ribs thinner.

    Place the ribs in a bowl and add 1/2 tablespoon of seasoning, 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, a little ground pepper, 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1.5 crushed shallots, 2 minced garlic cloves, and 1/2 chopped chili, then mix well and marinate for 1 hour so that the meat absorbs the spices evenly.

    

    

    

    
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    Make fish sauce and scallion oil

    You prepare 1/2 cup of cooled boiled water (rice bowl) and add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce into the bowl, then stir well until the sugar dissolves.

    Finally, add all the minced garlic, chili, and scallions into the mixture, stir well, and season to taste.

    Add 4 tablespoons of cooking oil into a pan, then heat it up and turn off the heat.

    Add the chopped scallions into a bowl with a little salt, a little sugar, and quickly pour in the hot oil, then mix well.

    

    

    

    
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    Prepare and boil pig skin

    The pig skin you bought should be washed thoroughly and rubbed with salt to remove dirt from the skin.

    Next, rinse the pig skin with clean water.

    Put the washed pig skin into a pot along with 1/4 tablespoon of salt remaining, pour in water to about half the pot, and boil over medium heat until the pig skin is cooked and curls up, about 20 – 30 minutes.

    Once the pig skin is cooked, take it out and place it in an ice water bowl to soak for about 5 minutes, then take it out.

    After that, cut the pig skin into very thin strips.

    How to eliminate the smell of pig skin

    • Use ginger wine and lemon

    Mix white wine, lemon juice, and crushed ginger into hot water at about 80 degrees Celsius, then soak the cleaned pig skin for about 15 minutes and rinse it again.

    • Use rice washing water

    Soak the pig skin in rice washing water for about 5 – 10 minutes, then cut a lemon in half and rub it on the pig skin, then rinse it clean again.

    

    

    

    
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    Making Pork Skin

    Put the white rice into a pan and roast it over low heat until the rice turns golden brown, then turn off the heat and let it cool.

    After that, put the roasted rice into a blender and grind it until very fine.

    Next, mix the ground rice with the shredded pork skin and combine well.

    

    

    

    
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    Grilling Ribs

    Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to a pan and heat the oil over medium heat.

    When the oil is hot, add the marinated ribs and stir briefly for about 3 minutes until the meat is seared.

    Then, add 1 cup of coconut water to the pan with the ribs and simmer over medium heat until the liquid reduces, about 20 minutes.

    When the coconut water has reduced, add the remaining fish sauce and sugar, simmer over low heat, and adjust the seasoning to taste.

    Continue to grill the ribs until the liquid is completely reduced, and the meat turns a beautiful golden brown and is fragrant, for another 5 – 8 minutes, then turn off the heat.

    

    

    

    
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    Final product

    So the dish of braised pork rib with broken rice is complete. Immediately serve the broken rice on a plate, add the shredded pork skin, cucumber, tomato, and a little scallion oil on top. Finally, place the pork ribs on a plate along with a bowl of chili fish sauce, a bowl of pickled vegetables, and enjoy!

    The broken rice is fragrant, the grains are sweet and fluffy, served with tender, moist pork ribs seasoned just right, rich in flavor combined with the fatty scallion oil, the sour and sweet chili fish sauce, spicy and crunchy pickled vegetables, extremely appetizing!