Pork Sausage - {Cha Lua}
Ingredients
| 1 | pound pork loin |
| 8 | ounces meat from small pig's head |
| 2 | cups salted water |
| ¼ | cup cooking oil |
| 5 | shallots diced |
| 2 | garlic cloves crushed |
| ½ | cup finely-chopped wood ear mushrooms |
| 3 | tablespoons whole black peppercorns |
| ¼ | cup sesame seeds toasted |
| 2 | eggs beaten |
| 1 | large banana leaf |
| 3 | tablespoons fish sauce (nuoc mam) |
| 2 | limes cut into wedges |
Directions
Boil pork and pig’s head in salted water for 20 minutes, drain and de-bone; cut into small cubes.
Heat oil in a large frying pan, cook shallots and garlic until soft. Add pork, mushrooms and peppercorns. Cook, stirring until mushrooms are soft; finish with sesame seeds. Remove from heat, stir eggs through pork mixture.
Place mixture on the banana leaf, wrap and tie with a string. Steam for 2 hours (above boiling water). Unwrap and slice thinly. Serve with fish sauce and lime wedges.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
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