Dinner

Vietnamese Pork Meatballs with Rice Noodles

Name: Vietnamese Pork Meatballs with Rice Noodles
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 160 g Pork mince, 5% fat; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; 20 g Spring onion; 3 tsp, about 15 g Fish sauce; 1 tsp, about 4 g Sugar; Juice of one lime Lime juice; One, sliced Fresh red chilli; 180 g Cooked rice noodles; 60 g Carrot; 80 g Cucumber; A big handful, with coriander if you have it Fresh mint; 10 g Peanuts, roasted unsalted

Grilled pork meatballs over cold rice noodles, carrot, cucumber and herbs, with a fish sauce and lime dressing and crushed peanuts. 41 g of protein.

Calories: 526kcal
Protein: 41g
Fat: 14g
Carbs: 60g

Per serving, makes 1. 25 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Fish
Peanuts

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Ingredients

Pork mince, 5% fat160 g
Weighed raw.
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Spring onion20 g
Fish sauce3 tsp, about 15 g
Two teaspoons go in the meat and one in the dressing.
Sugar1 tsp, about 4 g
Lime juiceJuice of one lime
Fresh red chilliOne, sliced
Cooked rice noodles180 g
Thin vermicelli, cooked, rinsed cold and drained well. Cooked weight, after soaking.
Carrot60 g
Cucumber80 g
Fresh mintA big handful, with coriander if you have it
Peanuts, roasted unsalted10 g

Method

Mix the pork with the crushed garlic, chopped spring onion, two teaspoons of the fish sauce and a pinch of black pepper. Roll into ten small balls and flatten each slightly.
Grill them under a high heat on a lined tray for twelve minutes, turning once, until browned and cooked through.
Stir the remaining fish sauce, the sugar, lime juice and chilli together with three tablespoons of water for the dressing.
Put the cold noodles in a bowl, top with the julienned carrot and cucumber, the herbs and the meatballs. Pour the dressing over and scatter the crushed peanuts on top.

Worth knowing

The noodles are served cold and the meatballs hot. Rinsing the noodles under the cold tap stops them clumping into one lump.
One teaspoon of sugar in the dressing is what balances the fish sauce and lime. It is 16 kcal and this does not work without it.

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