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Feast on This Deliciously Tasty Asian Pork Salad!

Made by Anastasia Papapetros - Serves 4 Filed Under: Dinner Salads, High Protein Salads, Salad Index, Salad Recipes By Ingredient, Salads by Diet, Salads for Autumn

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This Asian Pork Salad is a delicious and healthy way to enjoy char siu pork. It is nutritious, flavourful, and perfect for a quick and easy meal and sure to be a hit with family and friends.

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Asian Pork Salad on an Asian style platter with red chopsticks on right & sesame seeds on left.

Our Asian Pork salad is ideal for picnics and potlucks, it is packed with fresh vegetables and flavourful herbs, and it can be made ahead of time so that you can enjoy your event without having to worry about preparing food on the spot.

Would you like to try some more of our Asian main meal salads? Why not try our Vietnamese Beef Salad or our Wild Rice and Asian Mushroom Salad, our Thai Prawn Salad?

In This Post:
  1. Ingredients and Substitutions
  2. How To Make This Salad
  3. Some Variations to Try
  4. Tips and Questions
  5. Some Asian Side Salad Recipes to Try...
  6. Recipe Card

Ingredients and Substitutions

In this Asian Pork Salad, we have used young, tender choy sum for its mildly sweet flavour, which compliments the earthiness of the red cabbage, fresh herbs and tart vinaigrette - a perfect partner to the sweet Char Siu Pork fillet.

  • Char Siu Pork - in this instance, I have used some char siu pork that I bought from the Deli. You can also find it in Asian food stores, but I like to make my Char Siu Pork from scratch using a recipe from Nagi at Recipe Tin Eats. If you really can't get your hands on any, then try some ham steaks cooked in hoi sin sauce.
  • Choy sum - this forms the base of our salad; swap it for baby bok choy or pak choy or baby spinach leaves.
  • Red cabbage - used to add some colour, but you can go for Wombok/Napa cabbage, or even a thinly sliced ordinary white cabbage would be fine.
  • Carrot - used for some colour and added crunch, swap for some daikon/Asian white radish or plain radishes, which will add a peppery element as well.
  • Fresh herbs - we have used coriander/cilantro leaves and fresh mint. Swap for any Asian herbs you prefer - amaranth, Thai basil, and purple basil are all great alternatives.
  • Asian vinaigrette - we have made a simple vinaigrette with lime, rice vinegar and sesame oil dressing which comes together easily and adds some nice tartness to combat the sweetness of the char siu pork.
Labelled ingredients needed to make Asian Pork Salad.

How To Make This Salad

Step 1 - Prepare the Vegetables

Cut off the base of the choy sum stalks and trim them to remove any fibrous outer husk. Remove any wilted, yellowed or damaged leaves.

Wash under cold running water, taking extra care to remove any dirt between the leaves and stalks, then drain and pat dry. Then thinly shred the choy sum with a sharp knife.

Hands cutting choy sum on a wooden board.

You must be careful when handling red cabbage as it discolours easily. Wash it carefully to remove any dirt, and remove the core and the outer leaves.

Shred finely using a mandoline/v-slicer slicer, with a sharp knife or with the slicing attachment in a food processor.

Once shredded place it in a colander and give it a good rinse in the sink, making sure that you let the excess water drain out before adding it to your salad.

Slicing red cabbage with a slicer on a wooden board.
Shredded red cabbage in a food processor.

Very young carrots just need to be scrubbed clean and topped and tailed. Older carrots may need to be peeled (but try not to take too much off as most of the nutrients are stored beneath the skin.

For this recipe, you will need to cut your carrots into a fine julienne. This can be done using a julienne peeler or with the julienne attachment on your mandoline/v-slicer.

Grating carrot with a mandoline/v-slicer.

Step 2 - Chop Your Herbs

Place your herbs in a colander and rinse well under gently running cold water, then pat dry. Strip the mint leaves from the stems.

Mint leaves stripped from stems on a wooden board.

If your coriander has tender stems, then roughly chop; otherwise, strip the coriander leaves from the stems to add to your salad.

CHOPPED CORIANDER ON WOODEN BOARD WITH KNIFE

Step 3 - Assemble Your Asian Pork Salad

Place all the vinaigrette ingredients in a glass jar, season and shake well until emulsified; taste and adjust seasonings according to your liking.

Add all the prepared vegetables to a large mixing bowl. Pour the dressing over the salad, and season with salt and pepper.

Prepared Asian pork salad ingredients in a bowl.

Toss your salad until well combined, taste and adjust seasonings according to your taste.

Mixing veggies and herbs for Asian pork salad.

Place the salad on a large platter.

Salad ingredients on an Asian platter for Asian Pork Salad.

Arrange the char siu pork slices on top.

Char siu pork slices on top of salad ingredients for Asian Pork Salad.

Drizzle the hoisin sauce on top.

Asian pork salad drizzled with hoi sin sauce.

Scatter with the sesame seeds and serve and enjoy!

Sesame seeds sprinkled on top of Asian pork salad.

Some Variations to Try

If you are not a fan of pork, you can substitute with…

  • a store-bought charcoal chicken, just shred the chicken and replace the Asian dressing with a pesto mayo to go with it (place 2 tbsps mayo, 1 tablespoon pesto, oil or water to loosen in a small bowl and whisk until combined).
  • some crispy duck bought from an Asian takeaway,
  • some rare roast beef from the deli and make a honey mustard dressing to go with in place of the Asian vinaigrette.
  • some grilled chorizo and make this smoked paprika dressing to drizzle on top instead.
  • add avocado and some mixed seeds or nuts to make it vegan great with a za’atar dressing.

Tips and Questions

What is the Difference Between Choy Sum and Yu Choy?

  • They are the same thing, choy sum in Mandarin and yow choy in Cantonese. Yu choy translates to oil vegetable and is used to produce oil.
  • Choy sum/yu choy has slender stems that are pale green and firm with flat and lightly serrated green leaves. It is relatively mild and tender, with a slightly sweet flavour. Great in salads.
  • Do not confuse it with Gai Lan or Chinese broccoli, which is larger, less tender and may have some yellow flowers. It has a more pronounced bitter and/or mustard-like flavour than choy sum. Best to cook with.

Can I Make This Salad Ahead of Time?

  • Yes, this is a great salad that can be made one or two hours in advance and kept in the fridge. I would drizzle the hoi sin sauce and sesame seeds just before serving.
  • You can prepare the vegetables and dressing the day before and keep the veggies in a container with water covered in the fridge and the vinaigrette in a glass jar.
  • Drain the veggies, shake up the dressing and toss together before serving; then arrange the pork and add the garnishes.

How Can I Store My Asian Pork Salad?

  • Keep it covered in an air-tight container in your fridge, and you will be able to enjoy it for a week or so.
  • I like the leftovers in a wrap the next day or stirred through some noodles.

Can I Meal Prep for My Lunches?

  • This Asian Pork Salad is a great recipe to food prep for lunches throughout the week.
  • Prepare the salad vegetables and place them in separate containers; cut up the pork and put it on top; place the dressing in a small separate container to add just before eating; chop up some herbs the day before and scatter them on the top.

What Diets Is It Suitable For?

This is a dairy and nut-free salad; if you would like to make it gluten-free, paleo and whole30 compliant, then you will have to choose a brand of hoi sin sauce that would be suitable, or you could also try making your own healthy hoisin sauce recipe.

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Asian Pork Salad on an Asian style platter with red chopsticks on right & sesame seeds on left.

Asian Pork Salad

This Asian Pork Salad is a delicious and healthy way to enjoy char siu pork. It is nutritious, flavourful, and perfect for a quick and easy meal and sure to be a hit with family and friends.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
* Times are an estimate and will depend on your skill level
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Keyword: Asian greens, char siu pork, dinner salad, make ahead salad
Difficulty: Intermediate
Diet: dairy free, nut free
Servings: 4 serves
Calories: 794kcal
Author: Anastasia Papapetros
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Equipment
  • Mandoline / V-Slicer or Julienne Peeler or a Food Processor
Ingredients
For the salad
  • 400 grams Char siu pork1 (approximately 14 ounces)
  • 300 grams choy sum (1 bunch, approximately 10.6 ounces)
  • 200 grams red cabbage (¼ small head, approximately 7 ounces or 2 cups shredded)
  • 150 grams carrot (approximately 2 medium carrots - 5.3oz or 1½ cups grated)
  • ⅓ cup coriander/cilantro (roughly chopped)
  • ⅓ cup mint leaves
  • Sea salt and cracked black pepper
For the vinaigrette
  • ⅓ cup neutral oil (either a MCT oil, peanut or grapeseed oil)
  • 1 tablespoon Asian dark sesame oil
  • 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice
For the garnish
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds (toasted)
  • 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce2
Metric - Imperial
Instructions
  • Wash the choy sum trim the ends, then shred finely.
  • Wash the red cabbage, remove the core and the outer leaves. Shred finely using a mandoline/v-slicer.
  • Wash and peel your carrots, remove the tops and ends. Then cut into a fine julienne using a julienne peeler or the julienne attachment on your mandoline/v-slicer.
  • If your char siu pork is not sliced, cut into thin rounds.
  • Place all the vinaigrette ingredients in a glass jar, shake until emulsified.
  • Add the herbs to your bowl with all the salad ingredients, pour the dressing over the salad, season with salt and pepper. Toss your salad until well combined, taste and adjust seasonings according to your taste.
  • Place the salad on a large platter, arrange the pork slices on top, drizzle the hoisin sauce on top, scatter with the sesame seeds and keep chilled until ready to serve.

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Notes

  1. Available from larger Coles & Woolworths Stores called Chinese BBQ pork
    or Asian Food Stores or make your own.
  2. If you make your own Char Siu Pork, add a tablespoon of the pan juices.
 
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
Calories: 794kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 76g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Monounsaturated Fat: 35g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 221mg | Potassium: 487mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 7096IU | Vitamin C: 131mg | Calcium: 251mg | Iron: 3mg
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Anastasia has been passionate about cooking since she was eight years old, and hasn't left the kitchen since! With over a decade of experience running her own coffee shop and catering business, Anastasia has developed a true love for salads - especially for family get-togethers and friends' functions. She's the go-to for bringing the perfect salad to any occasion!

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