Pork Sausage - {Cha Lua}

By á-170456

Ingredients

• 1 pound pork loin
• 8 ounces meat from small pig's head
• 2 cups salted water
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 5 shallots diced
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 1/2 cup finely-chopped wood ear mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds toasted
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 large banana leaf
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce (nuoc mam)
• 2 limes cut into wedges

Preparation

Step 1

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.