Pork, Squid and Cashew Salad

Name: Pork, Squid and Cashew Salad
Cuisine: Singaporean
Ingredients: 8 pink grapefruit segments, diced; 1 red shallot, finely sliced; 75 ml Chilli Caramel; 2 tablespoons cucumber julienne strips; ½ green mango, finely shredded; 1 apple eggplant (aubergine), cut in half then finely sliced; 1 teaspoon finely shredded young ginger; ½ long red chilli, sliced into fine rounds; 2 tablespoons coriander leaves; 2 tablespoons Vietnamese mint (laksa) leaves, shredded; 1 apple eggplant (aubergine), cut in half then finely sliced; 3 makrut lime leaves, finely shredded; 1 tablespoon Fried Shallot Slices; 1 tablespoon Fried Garlic Slices; 2 tablespoons mint leaves, finely shredded; 2 tablespoons cashews, boiled and deep-fried until golden; 2 small betel leaves, shredded; 1 iceberg lettuce leaf, finely shredded; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; 1 teaspoon Sichuan Spice Salt; 200 g Soy-braised Pork, cut into 3 cm cubes; 2 tablespoons Black Pepper Salt Crust; 120 g squid tubes, cut into thick strips and finely scored; 2 coriander roots; 4 large betel leaves; 2 small red bird’s-eye chillies; 1 small clove garlic; zest of ½ lime; 25 g castor sugar minced; 2 teaspoons fish sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fire

By Christine Manfield

Published 2008

About

This staple of my restaurant repertoire has wonderfully diverse textures punctuated with aromatic zesty flavours that seem to bring everyone to their knees when they taste it – always a good sign! Anybody who appreciates the supreme qualities of the pig will love this salad.

Ingredients

vegetable oil, for deep-frying
200 g Soy-braised Pork, cut into 3 cm cubes
1 teaspoon

Asia
Singapore
South East Asia

Method

To make the red chilli dressing, pound the coriander root, garlic and chillies in a mortar and pestle until smashed and smooth. Add the sugar and pound, then add the lime zest, juice and fish sauce.

Taste and adjust if necessary, then stir in the chilli caramel.

Heat the vegetable oil to 180°C and deep-fry the pork cubes for 1 minute until crisp. Remove from the heat and toss wi