Thit Heo Nuong Xa – Vietnamese Lemongrass Pork, a Minimax cook

Stormbringer

I saw these made by @CPARKTX last year and thought they looked fantastic. It's taken me a year to getting around to making them, and they did not disappoint. Absolutely fantastic, and reminded both myself and SWMBO of the chargrilled pork we'd enjoy from street food vendors in Saigon. Recipe linked below:

https://www.thecooksdigest.co.uk/2018/10/19/thit-heo-nuong-xa-vietnamese-lemongrass-pork/

Grinding the aromatics with a pestle and mortar:


Pork coated before being covered and placed in the fridge to marinate:


The Minimax is ready!


Grilling:


Overhead served shot:


Served with sweet Thai chili and turmeric fried rice:


Thanks for looking!

lkapigian

Great pictures, great cook...love lemongrass

The_Stache

Sounds tasty!!  Wonder how this would work on a port butt.....

caliking

Oh yes ! That looks absolutely wonderful. 

I'm yet to be disappointed after clicking on one of your threads. 

Stormbringer

Thanks folks!

@The_Stache maybe. Let us know how it goes.

@caliking ok ... so for my next post, reverse seared tofu with a dry quinoa salad.  

The_Stache

Stormbringer said:

Thanks folks!

@The_Stache maybe. Let us know how it goes.

@caliking ok ... so for my next post, reverse seared tofu with a dry quinoa salad.  

Been marinading with this concoction overnight.... putting the butt on the grill for some low and slow as soon as temp stabilizes on the grill. 

I'll let you know how it turns out.

The_Stache

Stormbringer

The_Stache said:

Looks good! The lemongrass looks a bit chunky, but I’m sure it’ll turn out fine.

SaltySam

Wow.  Double wow.  I love everything about this post.  Fantastic pictures, great recipe.  

The_Stache

Yeah.. our Lemongrass plant is less than a year old so finding the soft “treasure” was a challenge.  Did a lot of chopping and hammering just to get it down to that size.  Hoping the flavors come through.  Thanks again for your sharing the idea and recipe!  We’ll see where it goes. 

caliking

Stormbringer said:

Thanks folks!

@The_Stache maybe. Let us know how it goes.

@caliking ok ... so for my next post, reverse seared tofu with a dry quinoa salad.  

I have nothing against tofu or quinoa. Especially if you’re the one cooking I’d be all over it!

JohnInCarolina

Great looking meal!  I’ll have to try these.

The_Stache

Dude!!!  Just pulled the Butt that I marinated with your recipe recommendation!!!  Holy Moly!  ThAt permeated the entire Butt!!!  The flavors were fabulous!!!  Thank you!!!

bgebrent

Fantastic brother!

lousubcap

Always a great cook, documentation and magazine quality photos.  Dang- as above, your posts are an inspiration.  

Photo Egg

caliking said:

Stormbringer said:

Thanks folks!

@The_Stache maybe. Let us know how it goes.

@caliking ok ... so for my next post, reverse seared tofu with a dry quinoa salad.  

I have nothing against tofu or quinoa. 

You take that back!

CPARKTX

Wow, beautiful, nice job.  

Stormbringer

@The_Stache excellent, SWMBO has decided to do that with our next pork butt.

@caliking haha!

@Photo Egg I would tend to agree.

@CPARKTX thanks for the inspiration.

The_Stache

  

20stone

Great cook!

The_Stache

Stormbringer said:

@The_Stache excellent, SWMBO has decided to do that with our next pork butt.

@caliking haha!

@Photo Egg I would tend to agree.

@CPARKTX thanks for the inspiration.

@Stormbringer... just a note... I went a bit stronger on the fish sauce than the  1 tbs from the recipe (probably 2-3 tbs) since I was marinating!

I also did not apply any smoke to the butt. 

Had leftover lemongrass pulled pork and loaded cole slaw for lunch yesterday and had a smile on my face all day!!!

Thanks again!!!!

northGAcock

I’m going with Gawjus on this one!

Stormbringer

The_Stache said:

Stormbringer said:

@The_Stache excellent, SWMBO has decided to do that with our next pork butt.

@caliking haha!

@Photo Egg I would tend to agree.

@CPARKTX thanks for the inspiration.

@Stormbringer... just a note... I went a bit stronger on the fish sauce than the  1 tbs from the recipe (probably 2-3 tbs) since I was marinating!

I also did not apply any smoke to the butt. 

Had leftover lemongrass pulled pork and loaded cole slaw for lunch yesterday and had a smile on my face all day!!!

Thanks again!!!!

I find fish sauce can vary in strength, but yeah I did limit it as neither SWMBO or myself prefer it in the background. I’m liking the coleslaw concept.

The_Stache

   

mlc2013

looks fantastic