Pork and Celery Salad in Spicy Lime Dressing (หมูยำ ใส่ขึ้นฉ่าย)

My mum used to make this all the time for breakfast. It’s one of our favourite breakfast items!

Serves: 2

What you need

• 300 g Pork belly
• 1 tsp Salt
• 3 Celery sticks, sliced thinly
• 1 tsp Garlic, pounded
• 1 tsp Chillies, pounded
• 1 Tbsp Fish sauce
• 1 Tbsp Lime juice
• 1/2 tsp Sugar
• 1 Tbsp Chinese preserved cabbage (ตั้งฉ่าย)

How to put this together

1. In a pot, add enough water to cover pork belly. Add salt. Bring to boil.
2. When the water is boiling, turn down the heat to low-medium. Simmer for 10 mins
3. Make the dressing sauce by mixing together pounded garlic + chillies + fish sauce + lime juice + sugar. Taste & season
   
4. In a bowl, add sliced celery pieces
5. Take the pork out from hot water, slice them thinly. Add them to the bowl.
6. Mix together pork & celery. Add preserved cabbage. Mix well
7. Add dressing sauce. Mix well.
8. Taste & season
9. Serve with plain congee or steamed rice.