Lettuce cups with pork, vermicelli noodle and lime patties, peanuts and Thai dressing

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:30:23 GMT

Step 1

To make the dressing, use a mortar and pestle to grind the chilli, garlic, sugar and salt to a paste. Stir through the lime juice and fish sauce. Adjust with salt or sugar to balance as needed.

Step 2

For the patties, soak the noodles in cold water for 15 minutes, then drain and blanch for 1 minute in boiling water. Drain well and refresh in cold water. Drain again and cut into 3cm-long sections with scissors.

Step 3

Place the pork, curry paste, fish sauce and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl and combine well. Add the garlic, spring onion, coriander, lime leaves and pepper and combine well, then add the noodles and combine again. Chill for about 15 minutes, then shape into 12-14 patties about 1.5cm thick.

Step 4

Pour the oil into a frying pan until it’s about 2cm deep and place over medium-high heat until the oil starts to shimmer.

Step 5

Spoon the rice flour into a bowl and, working in batches of 4-5, coat both sides of each patty. Fry for about 5 minutes, then flip and cook for 3 minutes. Remove from the pan, drain on a paper towel and repeat for remaining patties. (Serve them in batches or keep warm in a low oven.)

Step 6

To serve, place each patty in a lettuce “cup”. Top with some basil, mint and peanuts, then spoon over some dressing. Serve the remaining dressing on the side.

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