Vietnamese Barbecue Pork Skewers

Pretty simple yet unique. Fun to make and eat.

Skewers:
1 lb. ground pork
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons sugar
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
4 cloves garlic, smashed
1/4 cup minced lemon grass (only bulb portion)

a dozen or so 6-8 inch bamboo skewers

Sauce:
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 cup sliced green onion
roughly chunked lemon grass remnants
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Mix spices into meat, allow to stand for 30 minutes. In a small pan, heat cooking oil and green onions and extra lemon grass pieces.

I scoop out the meat with the scoop the same size as my meatballs. Form the meat into finger shapes, then run a skewer up through it. Lay the skewers into a shallow baking dish. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.

When skewers are done baking, spoon the cooked onions over them. Serve.

I served over glass noodles. These are easily found at the grocery, in the Asian section. Boil them for 5 minutes and drain.

Gather all ingredients.

Cut root end off lemongrass, and cut bulb end from the grassy tops. 

Roughly chop with knife.

Use a chopper to finely mince lemongrass. You'll need 1/4 cup of minced lemongrass. 

You want it as fine as you can get it. 

Add all spices to ground pork.

Mix well. Allow to stand for 15 minutes or so, to let the flavors meld. 

I measure out a large meatball amount. 

Form meatball around a bamboo skewer. 

Try to make them about the same size so they cook evenly. 

Lay out single layer in a baking dish. 

Form all the meat into sausage shape and...

Push skewer into each piece. 

Making cucumber salad for a side dish. 

Cut bulb end off the rest of your lemongrass pieces. 

Heat oil, sliced green onions and lemongrass pieces in small saucepan. 

Simmer until the onions are cooked. 

Asian Glass noodles. 

This is a great alternative to the usual pasta choices.

It only takes 5 minutes in boiling water to get these cooked. 

Skewers are done, remove from oven after about 20 minutes. 

Spoon the hot, cooked onion mixture over the skewers. You can also put sauce over skewers once they are on the plate, allowing sauce to spill onto noodles.  

Glass noodles are done, can you see how transparent they are? 

Drain well. 

Scoop some noodles onto the plates. 

The onion sauce can be scooped over the noodles too. 

What a wonderful dinner!