Vietnamese Grilled Pork Noodle Salad Bowl
This is a salad bowl brimming with the soul of Vietnamese street food: sweet-salty grilled pork patties, cool rice noodles, an abundance of fresh herbs, and crisp vegetables, all dressed in a tangy-sweet fish sauce dressing. Your Geedel food chopper quickly mixes the pork and seasonings evenly, creates a clear and balanced dipping sauce, and spins vegetables dry for optimal texture.
Ingredients:
For the Pork Patties:
300g ground pork
¼ onion
2 garlic cloves
1 tablespoon fish sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon black pepper
For the Bowl:
200g dried rice vermicelli noodles, cooked and cooled
1 carrot
1 cucumber
Handful of mint and cilantro leaves
Lettuce leaves
Bean sprouts
For the Fish Sauce Dressing (Nuoc Cham):
¼ cup fish sauce
¼ cup lime juice
2 tablespoons sugar
⅓ cup warm water
1 garlic clove
1 red chili pepper
Instructions:
1. Make the flavorful pork patties:
Cut the onion and garlic into chunks. Using the chopping blade of the Geedel manual vegetable chopper, process them into fine pieces.
Add the ground pork, fish sauce, sugar, and black pepper. Use the mixing paddle to stir in one direction until the mixture becomes sticky and well combined. Shape into small patties and pan-fry or grill until cooked through.
2. Prepare the crisp vegetables and noodles:
Cut the carrot and cucumber into sections. Use the chopping blade to shred them coarsely. Place the shredded vegetables in the salad spinner basket and spin quickly to remove excess moisture.
Gently spin the cooked and cooled rice noodles in the spinner as well to remove any excess water, making them drier and more pleasant to eat.
3. Make the balanced fish sauce dressing:
Empty the container and install the chopping blade. Finely chop the garlic and chili pepper.
Switch to the mixing paddle. Add the fish sauce, lime juice, sugar, and warm water. Close the lid tightly and turn the handle until the sugar is fully dissolved and all ingredients are well combined.
4. Assemble:
In each bowl, place lettuce leaves, rice noodles, shredded vegetables, bean sprouts, and herbs. Top with the grilled pork patties. Pour the fish sauce dressing over the bowl or serve it on the side for dipping.
Summary:
The charm of this signature Vietnamese dish lies in its extreme contrasts: hot and cold, soft and crunchy, sweet, salty, and sour. The Geedel manual food chopper efficiently handles all the core steps—from seasoning the meat mixture and dehydrating vegetables to blending the sauce—making this ingredient-rich Asian dish manageable to prepare at home while keeping its authentic flavors intact.
