Vietnamese Pork Sausage Recipe

(cha lua)

Ingredients

500 g	Pork loin
200 g	Pig's head meat or increase the pork loin
500 ml	Salted water
60 ml	Cooking oil
2 pieces	Lime, cut into wedges
2 pieces	Eggs, beaten
1 piece	Large banana leaf
35 g	Sesame seeds
20 g	Wood ear mushrooms, finely chopped
2 cloves	Garlic, crushed
5 stalks	Shallots, chopped
3 tbsp	Fish sauce
2 tbsp	Black peppers, cracked

Method :

Prepare the meat by boiling the pork and pig's head meat in salted water for approx. 20 minutes, then drain and de-bone and chop coarsely into very small cubes.
Heat oil in a large pan or skillet, and cook the shallots and garlic until soft and add in the pork, mushrooms and pepper.
Continue cooking and stirring until mushrooms are soft; finish with sesame seeds.
Remove from heat and stir beaten egg through the pork mixture.
Spoon mixture onto the banana leaf, wrap and tie with a string.
Place the package in a steamer over rapidly boiling water and steam for approx, 2 hours.
Unwrap and slice thinly through.
Serve with fish sauce and lime juice.