Vietnamese Bun Cha With Rice Noodles | Bacofoil to Your Door

Ingredients

• > For the meatballs:
• 25g caster sugar
• 75ml cold water
• 1 stalk lemongrass, outer leaf removed, roughly sliced
• 5cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 large clove garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 lime, zest and juice
• 500g pork mince, 10% fat
• 1 tsp good quality fish sauce
• Black pepper
• 1 red chilli, chopped
• 1 spring onion, sliced
• > For the noodle salad:
• Fine rice noodles
• 1 gem lettuce, leaves separated and washed
• 2 carrots, peeled and julienned
• 15cm cucumber, cut in half then into sticks
• 2-3 radishes, very finely sliced
• 2tbs unsalted roasted peanuts
• handful fresh coriander
• handful fresh mint leaves
• > For the dipping sauce:
• 1 tbs caster sugar
• 75ml hot water
• 1 lime, juice only
• 1 tbs good quality fish sauce
• 2 tsp rice vinegar
• 1 large red chilli, very finely chopped