You may still enjoy these delectable, flavorful pancakes even if your neighborhood lacks a top-notch Vietnamese restaurant. They’re an omelet with “surf and turf”—shrimp and pork loin—and are sure to be a success at home. They’re guaranteed to be a hit, whether you want to liven up a gloomy autumn evening or serve lighter meals in the warmer months.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 pancakes |
Ingredients
- 20 uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 5 ounces boneless pork loin, sliced
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 pinch monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- ⅔ cup rice flour
- 7 ounces water
- 6 ounces coconut milk
- 3 green onions, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon saffron
- 2 cups vegetable oil for frying, or as needed
- ½ cup bean sprouts
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- ½ cup lime juice
- ⅓ cup fish sauce
- 3 tablespoons water
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 dried red chile peppers, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 pinch monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 4 leaves mustard greens
Instructions
- Marinate the shrimp and pork loin with the fish sauce and MSG in a glass or ceramic bowl for 30 minutes.
- Mix rice flour, water, coconut milk, green onions, and saffron powder.
- Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Drop 1/4 of the rice flour mixture and fry a large, thin pancake until bubbles form and the edges are dry, 3 to 4 minutes.. Put 1/4 of the shrimp and pork mixture on the pancake. Reduce heat to medium, add 1/4 of the bean sprouts and basil, flip, and cook until browned on the other side, 2 to 3 minutes. Fold pancake in half and transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining batter and filling.
- Mix lime juice, fish sauce, water, sugar, red chiles, garlic, and MSG for sauce together. To eat, roll the pancakes up together in a mustard green leaf and dip in the sauce.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 413 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 62 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 16 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 1695 mg |
| Sugars | 11 g |
| Fat | 23 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |