Sour salted pork - a speciality in Hoa Binh

Sour salted pork is a speciality of Muong ethnic in Hoa Binh. It is a rustic dish as the heart of the Muong, the dish creates special point in cuisine of Muong ethnic in S-land. 



Traveling to Hoa Binh province, in addition to discover many beautiful destinations of this place, and soak in Kim Boi hot spring to fresh your mind, you shouldn't miss sour salted pork. In the day of Tet of Muong people, the dish can't be absent. But, you don't have to wait for their Tet to eat this dish, because the dish has become a rustic and popular dish in the land.

Being a rustic dish, sour salted pork of Muong people is processed in a quite simple way. With available spices such as: cinnamon leaf, jackfruit leaf, betel leaf and to make right flavor of Muong people, can't be fail shortage of galangal, chili, brewed sticky rice and much salt. They will dry, crush the above ingredients then brewing with sliced pork. Each of layer of pork they will sprinkle each roasted pounded rice. The last step is brewing in a warm environment about one or two weeks is okay. A long time for a specialty, huh? But, don't worry, you don't have to wait for a long time like that.


Each ingredient will be show up clearly when you eat. The spicy taste of chili and galangal, aroma of cinnamon leaf, bitter taste of jackfruit leaf and betel leaf and especially sour taste of brewed sticky rice and salt taste of salt. Those are flavors of spices, eating pork, you will feel crunchy and solid of pork, there is no fat taste instead it is sour combining with spices. In addition to kinds of leaf which is pounded in the dish, it is also served with other leaves and sauce.
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Sour and salted pork is the unique dish of Muong people, let's come here to eat, feel and share your feeling with Aroundvn. Enjoy.