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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal446
  • fat18g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs46g
  • sugars3g
  • fibre1g
  • protein28g
  • salt1.72g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the grill. In a bowl, mix together the pork, garlic, lemongrass, fish sauce and half the coriander. Season with pepper. Mix well and form into 8 patties. Rub each one with the oil and a sprinkling of sugar, then place on a rack in a baking tray.

  • step 2

    Grill the patties for 3 mins each side until golden brown. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cook the rice noodles following pack instructions. Drain the warm noodles and serve with the patties, chopped spring onions, remaining coriander and a drizzle of sweet chilli dipping sauce.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2011

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A star rating of 4.9 out of 5.9 ratings

beenahotday

question

Anyone tried making these as “Thai burgers”, am wondering if it might be less messy with my

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes you could make these as burgers - just keep them quite thin burgers and make sure to increase cooking time until they're cooked all the way through. We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.

hendyhan

Had this tonight and it was super yummy! But I have to say, I think what really "made it" was the Pickled Carrot & Mooli (another good food recipe) I served it with the noodles and it really added some zing and lifted the whole meal, I fear without the pickle it would have been a bit bland to be…

mrspinnywinny

I steamed these, and because I forgot both the sesame oil and the sugar, rolled them in toasted sesame seeds afterwards. You need to steam until no pink meat remains; how long this takes depends how big you've made your meatballs. I have frozen some for dropped into Thai chicken broth. Also good…

mrspinnywinny

tip

You won't need to salt the meat mix as the Thai fish sauce is salty enough. It's not always easy to buy lemongrass. After searching the herbs and spices section of Sainsbury's with no luck, I bought a jar of their lemongrass in white wine vinegar. How much to add? I fried one sample meatball to test…

rachelmiddleton

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Delicious! Lovely textures and fresh flavours. I pan fried my patties due to lack of a grill and they got a lovely crispy coating in the process.

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