Bò bía is the southern Vietnamese variant of popiah, a Fujianese/Teochew-style fresh spring roll filled with an assortment of fresh, dried, and cooked ingredients, eaten during the Qingming Festival and other celebratory occasions. Ingredients 9 rice paper rounds 3 ea.…
Summer Rolls, or gỏi cuốn in Vietnamese, are wraps of various ingredients in rice wafers, and are often confused with nem or spring rolls (which, in turn, are often confused with egg rolls). Ingredients 4 rice wafers (rice paper, tapioca…
Ingredients 3 tbsp oil 3 cloves garlic 2 leeks, chopped finely 2 red chiles, chopped finely 2 eggs, beaten 100 g diced carrot 200 g prawn, diced small 100 g green peas 600 g rice 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp…
Canh chua is the Vietnamese “Hot & Sour” soup. It is closest to the Thai and the Cambodian tom yum soup, although it is more sweet and sour than its spicier counterparts. Each family has its own canh chua recipe…
*Bánh mì means ‘bread’ in Vietnamese, and it often refers to a type of Vietnamese sandwich. It may have started as a ‘kitchen sink’ recipe in Vietnam, where various leftovers would be tossed into a sandwich to finish them up…
Bún bò Huế is a popular Vietnamese noodle soup that originated in the old imperial capital of Huế. Ingredients Broth 4 tbsp Huế shrimp paste 1 small onion, finely chopped Vegetable oil 2 fresh medium-sized pigs feet, cut into 1…
Vietnamese caramel sauce/syrup is a common ingredient in clay pot recipes. Ingredients ½ cup white granulated sugar ¼ cup water or fish sauce 1 cup water or fish sauce Procedure Combine sugar and the ¼ cup water/fish sauce in a…
Vietnamese fish sauce is a dipping sauce prepared for use at the table. It contains a more concentrated fish sauce of a similar name. Ingredients ¼ cups nước mắm (concentrated fish sauce) 1½ cups water 1 tbsp lemon juice 1…
Pho ga is a Vietnamese chicken noodle soup dish. It is considered one of the culinary gems of Vietnamese cuisine, available within a mile radius of almost every person in the community of Little Saigon, a Vietnamese enclave located in…
Along with phở gà, phở bò (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) could easily be called Vietnam’s national dish. Most often served in the early morning, it is available on any street corner, everywhere in Vietnam, all day, and is a staple…
Ingredients Main dish 12 small squid, cleaned, with tentacles removed and reserved 2 spring onions, cut into 2-inch lengths 2 dried black mushrooms, soaked in warm water for 30 minutes and quartered 2 tablespoons nước mắm 1 small carrot, sliced…
Egg soda (Vietnamese: soda sữa hột gà, Khmer: សូដាក្រឡុកពងមាន់, lsau da kralok pongmean) is a sweet drink made from egg yolk and carbonated water, popular in Vietnam and Cambodia. Ingredients 2 teaspoons sweetened condensed milk 1 egg yolk Carbonated water…