vietnamese pork skewers

Name: vietnamese pork skewers
Ingredients: 2 pounds pork shoulder, or ground pork; 4 cloves garlic, peeled; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 3–4 ice cubes; ¼ cup honey; 8 large flour tortillas; 2 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons warm water; 3 tablespoons fish sauce; 3 tablespoons lime juice; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 small red chili, thinly sliced; Cut the pork shoulder (if using) into 2 inch chunks, you want it to be approximately 20-30% fat, then pop in the freezer 30 minutes so they’re very cold, but not rock-hard; Stack the tortillas, and cut them into about a 6 inch square; Cut the stack into 4 equal rectangles, then turn them ontheir side, and push together; You now want to push 4 long skewers through the stack,spaced out evenly (watch thevideo for this) then cut through the stacks to make4 long individual pork skewers *; Heat grill to medium, place a cooking rack on your grill,lightly coat with cooking spray and put on the skewers; You’re looking for beautiful, nicely charred color so turn often – this will probably take 10-12 minutes; Warm the honey, and baste skewers during the last 3-ish minutes of cooking; Remove from grill, and serve with the sauce; Stir the sugar into the warm water until dissolved; Then add the fish sauce, lime juice, garlic and chili - mix well

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Nem Nuong is Vietnamese grilled pork, typically served as askewer or a meatball, and they are insanely good.

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Ingredients

2 pounds pork shoulder, or ground pork
4 cloves garlic, peeled
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons baking powder
3–4 ice cubes
¼ cup honey
8 large flour tortillas
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons warm water
3 tablespoons fish sauce
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1 small red chili, thinly sliced
Cut the pork shoulder (if using) into 2 inch chunks, you want it to be approximately 20-30% fat, then pop in the freezer 30 minutes so they’re very cold, but not rock-hard
Stack the tortillas, and cut them into about a 6 inch square
Cut the stack into 4 equal rectangles, then turn them ontheir side, and push together
You now want to push 4 long skewers through the stack,spaced out evenly (watch thevideo for this) then cut through the stacks to make4 long individual pork skewers *
Heat grill to medium, place a cooking rack on your grill,lightly coat with cooking spray and put on the skewers
You’re looking for beautiful, nicely charred color so turn often – this will probably take 10-12 minutes
Warm the honey, and baste skewers during the last 3-ish minutes of cooking
Remove from grill, and serve with the sauce
Stir the sugar into the warm water until dissolved
Then add the fish sauce, lime juice, garlic and chili - mix well