Surely during the holidays, you have had fun and relaxed meals with relatives and friends. For your free time to have delicious dishes for the whole family, we will suggest you an excellent sweet and sour salad that is not complicated to make.
1. Prepare ingredients
1. Pig ear 400gr 2. Young toad 500gr 3. Kumquat 100gr 4. Lemongrass 2 branches 5. Sliced ginger 1 piece 6. Red onion 3 bulbs7. 1 horn chili pepper 8. Minced chili, minced garlic 2 teaspoons each 9. Tamarind juice 2 tbsp 10. Fish sauce 4 tbsp 11. Salt, a little sugar 2. How to make sweet and sour pork ear salad Boiled pig ears tai First, you wash the pig’s ears with water, use a sharp razor blade to remove the dirt on the pig’s skin. Then, use a razor to shave off all the hair on the pig’s ears. You wash 1 lemongrass and smash it. Peel and slice 1/2 of the ginger root. Put the washed ginger, lemongrass and pork ears in a pot with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and cover with water. 
Illustration. Turn on the stove, turn up the heat and let the pot boil for about 10 minutes, then turn off the heat. Take out the pig’s ears and soak them in a bowl of ice cold water for about 5 minutes to keep them crispy. Then, cut the pig’s ears into small pieces, long enough for the mouth. 3. How to prepare pig ears for better quality pork ear salad The first thing you need to know is how to prepare the pig’s ears so that they are clean and neat to prepare for attractive salads. When buying pig ears, you should choose ones that are bright, firm, have good elasticity, especially without strange odors, and should be purchased in places with reputable and trusted stores. When buying pig ears, you must first deal with the hair on the pig’s ears, usually outside the store, people have already handled it for you, but to ensure absolute safety, you should prepare 1 With a small razor, shave again to remove all remaining hair, stuck on the pig’s ears and then rinse with water. After that, you can choose the following popular ways to clean pig ears depending on your conditions and conditions! You use a mixture of salt and lemon or vinegar to form a thick paste, then use your hands to apply that mixture on the pig’s ears and rub it thoroughly, then rinse with water and then soak in salt water for 10-15 minutes to remove odors. You can use flour, tapioca flour to cover the whole pig’s ears and then use your hands to rub the dirt to be absorbed by flour, tapioca starch, you can observe that there is a layer of foam, you just need to wash it. The foam goes away, repeat that operation many times until you feel clean. In addition, you can use crushed alum and then dilute it with a little salt water to soak the pig’s ears for 20 minutes to release all the dirt and then wash it several times with clean water. When the preliminary steps are completed, cook a pot of water about 1 liter of water and then boil the drained pig ears for 15-25 minutes, you can add 1 tablespoon of salt during the boiling process. After the above time, you take out the pig’s ears and then cut the yarn to taste, it’s best to cut it at a length of 4-5cm, about 1 index finger is okay. 
Wash the kumquats, remove the stem and cut them in half. Onion peeled and sliced. Chili peppers and lemongrass washed, chopped into small circles. 4. Make salad dressing Put in the pan 4 tablespoons of sugar, 4 tablespoons of fish sauce and 2 tablespoons of tamarind juice. Cook while stirring the mixture over medium heat. When the mixture starts to boil, add 2 teaspoons of minced chili and 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, continue to stir for about 90 seconds and then turn off the heat. 5. Finish the dish You prepare a large bowl or a large deep plate. Put the boiled pork ears, toads, red onions, peppers, kumquats, the sliced lemongrass into a bowl/plate and drizzle the fish sauce you just made. Use chopsticks to mix the ingredients. 
So you have finished the sweet and sour pork ear salad! Crispy pork ears, combined with sour toad and sweet, spicy fish sauce will definitely not disappoint you. Just thinking about it makes the salivary glands active.
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