Lao Yum Salad
Lao Yum Salad
Lao yum salad has a wide variety of veggies, plus sautéed garlicky pork. But the real highlight of this salad is the egg yolk dressing. Being perfectly balanced between sweet, sour, salty, and savory, this salad is quite hearty and will make even the mightiest of meat eaters content.
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 1 bunch green leaf lettuce
- 1 bunch watercress
- 1/2 bunch cilantro chopped
- 4 green onions cut into 2” pieces
- 1 small cucumber thinly sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1/2 red bell pepper sliced
- 1 lb pork shoulder thinly sliced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Dressing
- 4 hard boiled eggs yolks and whites separated
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 4 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Place all of the dressing ingredients, minus the egg whites, in a food processor.
- Purée until smooth. Set aside.
- Heat up vegetable oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Sauté the pork shoulder and garlic for 5 minutes. Season with fish sauce. Set aside.
- Toss all of the vegetables together.
- Add in the pork, hard boiled egg whites, and dressing. Toss.
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