Cơm Tấm
Contains fish · sometimes contains gluten, dairy, peanut, tree nut, sesame, soy, shellfish — check the label · only in an optional ingredient: egg
Restrictions
ContainsfishIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.
Sometimes contains — check the labelgluten (rice) · dairy (rice) · peanut (rice) · tree nut (rice) · sesame (rice) · soy (rice) · shellfish (rice)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.
Only if you add itegg (eggs)Leave that ingredient out and the dish does not have it.
Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.
Ingredients
| 2 cup | broken rice |
| 4 unit | thin pork chops |
| 5 tbsp | fish sauce |
| 4 tbsp | sugar |
| 4 clove | garlic |
| 2 unit | lemongrass |
| 4 unit | scallions |
| 3 tbsp | neutral oil |
| 2 unit | lime |
Optional
Not counted above. The dish works without them.
| 4 unit | eggs |
Steps
- marinate30 minrefrigeratedMarinate the pork with minced lemongrass, garlic, fish sauce and part of the sugar. Keep the coating thin enough to cling; a puddle of sugary marinade burns before the chop can brown properly.
- simmer20 minbroken rice tender and separateRinse and cook the broken rice with the appropriate amount of water for your rice. Its fractured grains cook a little differently from intact long-grain rice, so stop once tender rather than chasing the texture of ordinary steamed rice.
- mix5 minbalanced salty-sweet-sour sauceMake nước chấm with fish sauce, sugar, lime, water and a little garlic, adjusting until salty, sweet and sour are all evident. This sauce seasons the entire plate, so balance it before the pork comes off the grill.
- grill10 minpork caramelized and cooked throughGrill the pork over medium-high heat until caramelized at the edges and cooked through, turning before the sugar blackens. The goal is charred sweetness with juicy meat, not a burnt lacquer.
- fry2 minscallions wilted but greenPour hot neutral oil over sliced scallions to make scallion oil. The brief heat should soften their raw bite without frying them brown.
- top4 mincomponents distinctPlate broken rice with grilled pork, spoon over scallion oil, and serve nước chấm alongside. Add a fried egg if using. Keep the plate composed so diners can combine rich pork, fragrant rice and sharp sauce bite by bite.