serves
4-6
prep
20 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4-6
people
preparation
20
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 100 g (1 lb 5 oz) minced beef
- 200 g minced pork
- 20 g pork fat, minced
- 20 g cooked and shredded pork skin (purchased from Asian market)
- 1 tbsp finely diced garlic
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- ½ tbsp sugar
- 12 lemongrass stalks, trimmed
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 60 ml (¼ cup) chilli sauce
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 6 warm baguettes
Marinating time 1 hour
Instructions
In a mixing bowl, combine the beef, minced pork, pork fat, pork skin, garlic, shallots, pepper, fish sauce and sugar.
Knead for 5 minutes until all ingredients have combined well.
Cover, then refrigerate for 1 hour for the flavours to develop.
With wet hands, divide the mixture into 12 portions and roll each portion into a sausage shape.
Thread the beef sausages onto each lemongrass stick and brush with a little oil.
Heat a barbecue grill or chargrill pan and cook the skewers for 6 minutes, turning every few minutes, until cooked.
Remove the meat from the lemongrass skewers, and distribute 2 serves per baguette. Spread ½ tsp chilli sauce and hoisin sauce into each baguette.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
