Vietnamese
Tom Rim Thit Ba Chi (Braised Shrimp with Pork Belly)
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Tom Rim Thit Ba Chi (Braised Shrimp with Pork Belly) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the pork belly into small dice.
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Peel the shrimp, leaving the tails on if you like, and pat dry.
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Melt the sugar in a dry skillet over medium heat, swirling, until it turns a light amber caramel, about 3 minutes.
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Add the pork belly and shallots and cook, stirring, until the pork has rendered some fat and browned, about 4 minutes.
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Pour in the fish sauce and 2 tbsp water and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly, about 4 minutes.
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Add the shrimp and black pepper and cook, tossing, until the shrimp turn pink and the sauce clings in a sticky glaze, about 3 minutes.
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Serve hot, with rice served alongside.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tom Rim Thit Ba Chi (Braised Shrimp with Pork Belly), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tom Rim Thit Ba Chi (Braised Shrimp with Pork Belly) carries shellfish and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 560 kcal
- Protein
- 43 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 40 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 870 mg
- Saturated fat
- 14 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Tom Rim Thit Ba Chi (Braised Shrimp with Pork Belly) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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