Instructions: Place the rice sticks in a dish with lukewarm water to cover. Let stand until pliable, about 20 minutes.

Pour the pork stock into a pot and bring to a gently boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Place some ground pork in a ladle and slowly lower it into the stock. Allowing some stock into the ladle, with a pair of chopsticks, stir the ground pork until it separates, then let it go into the stock. Continue this process until you have added all the ground pork to the stock, and gently simmer for 30 minutes.

Bring a pot filled with water to a boil over high heat. Drain and divide the rice stick noodles into 4 equal portions. Place them, one portion at a time, in a sieve and lower it into the boiling water. Untangle the noodles with chopsticks and boil until tender but firm, about 7 seconds. Remove and drain the noodles, then place them in a large soup bowl. Repeat this step until you have 4 individual servings.

Pour a generous amount of hot broth, along with an equal amount of ground pork, dried shrimp, and preserved tien sin cabbage, over each serving and garnish with some cilantro leaves, mung bean sprouts, scallions, chilies, and fried garlic oil. Squeeze a wedge of lime over each serving and adjust the seasoning with fish sauce.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

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