Pomelo Salad (Goi Boi) Recipe
A bright Vietnamese pomelo salad tossed with red and green onions, fresh herbs, and a tangy fish‑sauce dressing. Fried shallots and toasted rice powder add crunch, making it a refreshing side or light lunch.
Recipe by feedthepudge· Structured by ReelsMeals
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15 min estimated total time for 4 servings.
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Ingredients
- 1 pomelo
- 1 red onion
- 1 green onion
- a handful cilantro
- a handful lime leaf
- a handful mint
- a handful fried shallots
- a handful toasted rice powder
Sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup fish sauce
- 5 cup filtered water
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 Thai chili
Instructions
- 1Wash your hands thoroughly before starting.
- 2Cut off the outer rind of the pomelo, separate the segments and break them into bite‑size pieces.
- 3Place the pomelo pieces in a large mixing bowl.
- 4Add the thinly sliced red onion, chopped green onion, cilantro, lime leaves, and mint to the bowl.
- 5Prepare the sauce: combine the sugar and fish sauce in a separate container, then add five times the amount of filtered water.
- 6Stir in the lime juice, minced garlic, and chopped Thai chilies; mix until the sugar is fully dissolved.
- 7Pour the sauce over the salad ingredients and toss gently to coat everything evenly.
- 8Add the fried shallots and toasted rice powder, then give the salad one final toss.
- 9Transfer the salad to a serving plate and serve immediately.
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Make the sauce first
Combine the sugar, fish sauce, water, lime juice, garlic, and chilies before adding it to the salad.
Toss gently after dressing
Pour the prepared sauce over the salad ingredients and toss gently.
Add crunch last
Stir in fried shallots and toasted rice powder right before the final toss.
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- This recipe makes 4 servings as written; ingredient quantities on this page can be scaled.
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- It was shared by feedthepudge on facebook.com. ReelsMeals structured the original post into this step-by-step card; the original is linked above.