Bún Thịt Nướng Recipe (Vietnamese Grilled Pork & Rice Noodles)

Ingredients

For 4 servings

• 1.5 lb pork shoulder (shoulder or butt)
• 1 package rice noodles (small or medium thickness*)
• 4-6 egg rolls
• 3 tbsp shallot (minced)
• 3 tbsp garlic (minced)
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tbsp neutral cooking oil
• 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
• 1/2 tbsp caramel color (see notes*)
• 1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
• green leaf lettuce (I prefer butter lettuce)
• 4 crunchy cucumbers (like Persian)
• Vietnamese balm (kinh giới)
• Vietnamese perilla (tiá tô)
• mint (rau thơm)
• 4 tbsp pickled daikon and carrots (đồ chua)
• 2 tbsp scallion in oil (mở hành)
• 2 tbsp crushed peanuts
• prepared fish sauce / nước chấm