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    Easy Waterfall Pork (หมูน้ำตก)

    August 26, 2016 By Mod Shed Leave a Comment

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    Easy Waterfall Pork (หมูน้ำตก)

    Waterfall Pork

    Waterfall Pork

    You all may have heard about waterfall beef; it is a grilled beef thin sliced mixed with fresh herbs, lime juice, and chili flake dressing.  It is a typical dish in Northeast aka Isan of Thailand.  So many of the Papaya salad street vendors are selling this menu item along with the papaya salad, grilled chicken wings, spicy shredded bamboo-shot salad, and sticky rice.

    Background

    In the U.S, most Thai restaurants would have only one choice of meat for the waterfall dish.  Usually it's beef unlike in Thailand where there are two options to choose from; beef and pork.  Today, I made waterfall pork.

    Waterfall Pork

    Waterfall Pork

    Why Pork

    Pork is the usual meat in the Thai kitchen, but not so much in here.  Once, I had a customer who used to live in Thailand.  He ordered food with pork all the time.  I told him we did not serve pork at the restaurant.  He was quite stunned.  He said, "there is pork everywhere in Thailand, and this is not normal to not serving pork in a Thai restaurant."

    Why do we call this recipe "Waterfall"?

    "Waterfall" in Isan (a Thai dialect) menu means the dish that uses beef or pork grilled to medium and sliced very thinly and flavored with the seasoning.  The reason for calling "waterfall" because in Thailand, they usually grill the meat on the charcoal.  They would be able to see the blood is dropping down like the waterfall.  That is how the recipe got its name.

    Easy Waterfall Beef

    Easy Waterfall Beef

    What makes it healthier

    I consider Waterfall Pork to be a relatively healthy recipe.  Pork has become significantly leaner in recent years.  It's also a grilled or roasted meat seasoned with chili, lime juice, fish sauce, fresh herbs and serves with fresh vegetables.  When you grill or roast a meat you can get rid od more of the bad fats.  I also trimmed some fat on the meat out before I cooked it (to make it lean as possible).

    Calorie reduction

    We were able to reduce the calories compared to this version significantly, by about 300 calories,  about ½.

    How to serve it

    In Thailand, they would serve waterfall with fresh green beans, cucumber, and cabbage.  Football season is just starting as I post this.  I think Waterfall Pork would be a good recipe for a football party. I put Waterfall Pork on lettuce leaves, so people can just grab it for an appetizer (btw, it goes along so well with beer).  Men tend to like this somewhat masculine recipe in particular.

    Waterfall Pork Lettuce Wrap

    Waterfall Pork Lettuce Wrap

    Other ways to serve it

    Another way to enjoy Waterfall Pork is eating it like American Salad.  Lay iceberg lettuce on a plate and top with the Waterfall Pork.

    Waterfall Pork Served as A Salad

    Waterfall Pork Served as A Salad

    For parties

    I have one tip if you want to use this recipe as an appetizer for your big group of guests. If you prepare this recipe for like 8 - 12 people or more, you do not need to flavor all the pork at once. You only need to grill or bake pork (slice it) and have the other ingredients ready. Every time that the food runs out just toss everything in a mixing bowl. It is better to serve when it is fresh.

    Waterfall Pork

    Waterfall Pork

     

    Easy Waterfall Pork
    Recipe Type: Appetizer, Salad
    Author: HealthyThaiRecipes
    Prep time: 10 mins
    Cook time: 35 mins
    Total time: 45 mins
    Serves: 2
    8 ingredients savory waterfall pork. So easy, so simple.
    Ingredients
    • • 2 pieces pork chop (2 cm. thick), about 11 oz.
    • • 2 oz. thinly sliced shallot
    • • ½ cup mint leaves
    • • 3 chopped green onion
    • • ½ tablespoon [url href="http://amzn.to/2bWA6bO" target="_blank"]LABB – NAMTOK seasoning mix[/url] (1 tablespoon if you like it spicy.)
    • • 2 teaspoon fresh lime juice
    • • 1 teaspoon fish sauce
    • • Olive oil spray
    • • Lettuce or any fresh vegetables as a side.
    Instructions
    1. Preheat an oven at 425 degrees farenheit.
    2. Prepare the herbs while waiting for the oven.
    3. Wash and dry pork chop.
    4. Place Aluminum foil on a cooking sheet, and spray it with olive oil sray.
    5. Lay pork chop on the Aluminum foil and bake the pork for 30 minutes.
    6. After the pork chop is done, bring it out from the cooking sheet and slice it.
    7. Add sliced pork in a mixing bowl follow with the seasoning mix, fish sauce, lime juice, shallot, green onion, and mint leaves.
    8. Mix them well.
    Serving size: 1 Calories: 352 Fat: 10.9g Saturated fat: 3.6g Unsaturated fat: 5.8g Carbohydrates: 10.1g Sugar: 3.0g Sodium: 513.0mg Fiber: 1.6g Protein: 51.6g Cholesterol: 148.2mg
    Notes
    You can add more seasoning mix, lime juice, fish sauce as you desire, but it is better to start with the small amount.[br]Choose the way you like to serve; Appetizer or Salad.[br]The nutrion facts is not includin the lettuce.
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