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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a small saucepan, combine the sugar with 3 tablespoons water and cook over high heat until a dark brown caramel forms, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and add 2 tablespoons cold water, swirling the pot. | 2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the pork, shallot, fish sauce, caramel sauce, and pepper, and marinate in the refrigerator for 90 minutes to six hours. | 3. Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for the sauce in a large mixing bowl. | 4. When the pork is through marinating, remove from the refrigerator and shape into small patties, about 15 to 20 in all. Heat a charcoal grill or a broiler to high. Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles according to the directions on their package. Drain, then rinse under cold water to halt the cooking process. | 5. Meanwhile, grill or broil the pork patties until fully cooked and slightly charred, about 4 minutes per side. | 6. Spoon the sauce into four bowls, then place the pork patties over the sauce. Place the herbs and lettuce in one large communal bowl and the noodles into another large communal bowl. To eat, dip some of the noodles into the sauce and eat with the patties and herbs. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
water	5	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
pork	1	lb	ground	1705.536	0.0	63.0958	159.0775
shallot	1		minced	-	-	-	-
fish sauce	3	tablespoons		18.9	1.9656	2.7324	0.0054
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
fish sauce	2	tablespoons		18.9	1.9656	2.7324	0.0054
rice vinegar	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
brown sugar	1 -2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
garlic	1/2	teaspoon	minced grated	2.086	0.4628	0.08900000000000001	0.006999999999999999
red thai chile	1		minced	-	-	-	-
rice noodle	1	lb		1659.8438	365.6216	27.1321	2.5536
lettuce	1/2		red	3.575	0.6133	0.3713	0.0605
herb	2	cups		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.