How to make delicious fried pork roll to prevent boredom for Tet holiday

How to make delicious fried ham, prevent boredom for Tet holiday

Along with banh chung, jellied meat, pickled onions, fatty stir-fried pork roll with the aroma of pepper is an indispensable dish on the Lunar New Year tray of At Ty 2025.

Ingredients for delicious fried ham

- Pig ears: 700 gr

- Pig cheeks: 300 gr

- Wood ear: 100 gr

- Pork leg meat: 700 gr

- Pork tongue: 500 gr

- Crushed pepper, dried onion, fish sauce, banana leaves, vinegar.

The ingredients are marinated with spices and delicious fish sauce before being stir-fried.

How to cook delicious fried ham

First, wash the pig's ears, cheeks, and ham with salt water, then cut into thin, 5-10cm long pieces. Boil a pot of water with a little salt, blanch until about 30% cooked. Blanch the pig's tongue with boiling salt water, scrape off the white membrane on the surface of the tongue, and slice into long, thin pieces. Soak the wood ear mushrooms until they expand, wash them, and slice them into long, thin pieces.

Next, put the pan on the stove to heat up, saute the shallots until fragrant, then add the pig's tongue and stir-fry, then add the ears, cheeks, and pork leg meat and stir-fry until firm, season with fish sauce, and feel a little sticky to the touch. Add the wood ear mushrooms and stir-fry, season to taste, and add crushed pepper.

You can use banana leaves or stainless steel molds to wrap the ham. If you use banana leaves, you must prepare a few clean banana leaves. Before wrapping, heat the leaves over a fire to soften them, making it easier to roll the meat. When the meat is just stir-fried, put it on the prepared leaves, wrap it up, and tie it tightly with string. Then use heavy objects to press the ham, helping to preserve the ham for a long time.

How to make delicious fried ham with plastic bottles

Instead of using banana leaves or metal molds to wrap fried spring rolls, you can use plastic bottles to make delicious fried spring rolls.

First, the plastic bottle needs to be washed and dried, then the top of the bottle needs to be cut off and a few small holes punched in the bottom of the bottle to allow air to escape.

Once the ingredients are done stir-frying, let them cool a bit, then start putting them in the bottle and pressing them down so that the meat fills the bottle completely, without any gaps. You can use a pestle to press it down tightly, then use a plastic bag or banana leaves to cover the mouth of the bottle and put it in the refrigerator for 8 hours.

Note that the tighter you compress the meat during the wrapping step, the more chewy and delicious the dish will be and it will not be mushy or loose.

How to make delicious fried pork roll without mold

Wash the giong leaves or banana leaves with water, wipe the leaves dry and then dry them in the sun for 1 day until the leaves are slightly wilted so that the leaves will not break when cooking the ham. After stir-frying the ham, quickly pour it onto the pre-brushed giong leaves, use bamboo strips to press it down and wrap the meat tightly. To make the ham firm, use heavy objects such as cutting boards, pots, etc. to press down on the ham overnight, the next day you will have a delicious stir-fried ham dish.

With this method of making fried ham without molds, you can easily make ham yourself without needing complicated tools. Ham can be kept for up to 7 days, you just need to store it in the refrigerator or in a cool place.

How to make vegetarian fried ham

Making vegetarian fried sausage from mushrooms is delicious, nutritious, and helps prevent indigestion during Tet.

Ingredients: Wood ear mushrooms; bean curd skin; snow fungus; gluten; agar powder; five-spice powder; spices: fish sauce, salt, MSG, pepper, cooking oil...

Preparation: Soak wood ear and snow fungus in hot water until soft. Then, remove the hard stem and cut into thin strips. Wash the dry bean curd 3 times with warm water until clean and soft, then drain and slice. For the seitan, boil it in boiling water until soft and then cut it into short pieces. Put all the ingredients you just prepared in a bowl, marinate with five-spice powder, MSG, fish sauce (vegetarian), and pepper to taste. Cover the bowl tightly and put it in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours to let the ingredients absorb the spices.

Then you put the pan on the stove, add about 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil. When the oil in the pan boils, you take the mixture of: snow fungus, wood ear, bean curd and marinated seitan into the pan and stir-fry until cooked, then season with more spices (if needed) to taste.

Boil about 2 bowls of filtered water, when the water boils, add a sufficient amount of agar powder, stir well until the agar powder dissolves. Wait about 5 minutes then turn off the stove. Add the stir-fried ingredients to the agar water pot and mix well. When the mixture is even, take small bowls and pour the mixture into each bowl one by one until finished. Wait for the mixture to cool, then put it in the refrigerator. After leaving it in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours, the mixture has solidified, you take each bowl out, and you can enjoy it.

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