2 people · Easy · 30 min · ₭ Cheap

Watercress salad Lao dressing style is one of famous dish in Vang Vieng, Laos. Easy to make and delicious. Let's start:)

Ingredients

• 400 g of watercress, wash and drain
• 2 tomatoes, make slices
• 1 cucumber, make slices
• 2 branches of green onions, slices to pieces
• 6 hard boiled eggs, separate white and yellow parts
• 100 g of fresh minced pork
• 5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 4 Asian red shallots, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon of fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder
• ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper
• 2 limes
• 3 tablespoons of roasted peanuts, roughly smashed
• 5 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 small bowl of hot water
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

Preparation

1. Boil the eggs and separate the white and yellow parts.

2. Stir-fry the garlic and red shallots until they become yellow and add the minced pork, the seasoning with salt, Knorr powder, and ground pepper. When it is cooked, leave it to cool down.

3. Make the dressing

- Mix sugar with hot water and let it cool down. Then add the boiled yellow eggs, and smash roughly.​

- Add fish sauce, lemon juice, roasted peanuts, and cooked minced pork. Mix all together and adjust to your taste.

4. Pour the dressing on the salad bowl (watercress, green onion, tomato, cucumber) topping with white boiled eggs and mix it. Ready to serve.

Tools you will need for this recipe

• saucepan
• frying pan
• chef’s knife