Pork Skin Salad

Yam Nang Moo

Preparation info
  • 6

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Original Thai Cookbook

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1981

  • About

Although Westerners are used to eating crisp-fried pork rind as snacks (Chicharrones), the idea of eating boiled pork skin may seem strange and unappetizing. However, after cooking the pork until tender and marinating in herbs, spices and cream, Yam Nang Moo makes a surprisingly delicious salad. The texture is reminiscent of cooked baby squid, but the flavor is definitely pork. Pork skin can be bought in sheaths in the larger, more comprehensive Oriental markets that have meat