here. The smell of chestnuts roasting on an open fire can bring back fond memories of Christmas carols -- until a moped transporting a giant blow-up Santa whizzes by. Use these recipes to create a feast for your family, no takeout menu required. hereto get it back, The entered email has subscribed for Vietnam Tourism monthly newsletter, Click This plain-looking tofu and noodle dish is served with mam tom sauce -- the Vegemite of Vietnam. Intensely beefy broth, warm spices, and a bright garnish of fresh herbs. The salad can be refrigerated overnight and still taste good the next day.

My quick home version of one of my favorite recipes. Use decent-sized shrimp to make this dish as the main protein or an appetizer, or smaller shrimp to serve over rice or as part of another presentation. It's best to stick to one main protein rather than opting for the mix of meat, poultry and seafood together. Vietnamese chicken baguettes (Bhan Mi), Vietnamese lamb shanks with sweet potatoes, Vietnamese prawn & noodle salad with crispy shallots. The stalks take a bit longer to cook until tender. Pork meatball pho. You can adjust the heat level by scraping out the seeds and veins for a milder sauce or leaving them in for additional spice. Bo la lot is neither raw nor deep-fried, but flamed on an open grill to soften the exterior and infuse the betel leaf's peppery aroma into the ground beef inside. This dish tastes best with a fried egg and seasoned with chili or soy sauce. Try both, to discover which you like best! This is a recipe I learned while traveling through Vietnam. Use this handy guide to wrapping and frying Vietnamese-style spring rolls for a fun project and a satisfying snack.

Save recipe. Poached shrimp, rice noodles, herbs, and lettuce are rolled into a thin rice wrapper. These spring rolls make an excellent appetizer or light entree.

Sizzling-hot, refreshingly chilled, and loaded with flavor. Remember the lower the price the less stuffing, so you might not be getting the good deal you thought you were. Allrecipes has more than 90 trusted Vietnamese recipes complete with ratings, reviews and cooking tips. Crispy tofu, delicate pea shoots, peanuts, and chilies, all cradled in a rice paper wrapper. It could be considered a healthy alternative to ice cream -- if you stick to the shaved ice variation -- but for the full experience it's best had with diabetes-inducing condensed milk mixed in. Add comma separated list of ingredients to include in recipe. Fresh-tasting rice paper rolls packed with shellfish, light vermicelli noodles, carrots, cucumber and herbs, with a sweet ginger chilli dipping sauce. Once they're charred and crispy the morsels are served with a large bowl of a fish sauce-heavy broth, a basket of herbs and a helping of rice noodles. Nothing makes a better stock than a pressure cooker. Serve with hoisin and sriracha sauce. This Hanoi take on fresh spring rolls uses sheets of uncut pho noodles to encase fried beef, herbs and lettuce or cucumber. This simple noodle salad combines fresh herbs, rice vermicelli, cucumber, bean sprouts, and more, topped with grilled shrimp. Another hearty soup that's high on the lunchtime agenda, this is a crab and morning glory noodle soup. Give your people each a bowl of pho and let them top the soup as they wish. While many types of sambal exist, this recipe calls for sambal oelek. Vietnamese Spring Rolls Caramel Shrimp (Vietnamese Tom Rim) Banh Xeo (Sizzling Saigon Crepes) Vietnamese Rice Noodles with Beef (Banh Hoi)

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Pho cuon packages the flavors of pho and goi cuon in one neat little parcel. Kangkung is a semi-aquatic plant with edible leaves and stalks. I love these, they're really addictive and healthy! Serve the finished product with nuoc cham dipping sauce. This simple meal is the Saigonese equivalent of bun cha -- with rice in place of noodles. Noodle recipes. Bite-size, delightful Vietnamese pancakes. This pork noodle dish from Hoi An is a bit like the various cultures that visited the trading port at its prime.

Tossing the shredded pulp with lime juice, ginger, garlic, and chili highlights its sweet flavor. The crunchy outside is made using coconut milk and the filling usually consists of shrimp, mung beans, and spring onions with a dusting of dried shrimp flakes on top.

The whole dish takes about as long to make as instant noodles -- but oh so much more flavor. Easy recipe for steamed rice cake, banh bo hap, a spongy, sweet, and gorgeous-looking vegan dessert. The meat does need to marinate overnight, so plan ahead.

Eating this hodgepodge hotpot dish is a communal affair with everyone digging in to the oversized boiling pot. Savouring a cup of freshly brewed robusta on the sidewalk is a classic Vietnam moment every traveller should have. You can serve as a side dish or just have it alone. These are the most delicious lamb chops you'll ever taste! Authentic South Vietnamese Style Pho. A vegetarian version of this tasty Vietnamese noodle soup. That’s why you’ll find echoes of Japanese, Chinese, and Vietnamese flavours combined in this delicious noodle dish. Chicken marinated with lemongrass and grilled. Vietnamese food is full of simplicity, subtle variations by region and fresh ingredients that keep us pulling up a plastic stool for more. I love going to Vietnamese restaurants, but since I came up with this soup, we stay in!!! Vietnam's equivalent to steak and eggs fills the void when you're hankering for some greasy pub tucker. You can opt-out at any time. This no-cook main course salad can just be tossed together and served on its own, or with steamed rice or boiled noodles, This autumnal salad makes a fresh and healthy side dish and is great served with grilled halloumi or burgers, This easy-to-prepare salad is filled with zingy flavours - the simplified version is great for kids' lunchboxes too. You’re going to love them, pho sho. Central Vietnam's take on noodles caters to carnivores with its meaty broth and piles of beef and pork. Zest is also added by dunking the slippery parcels in a fishy dipping sauce.

The key is in the broth, which gets simmered for at least 6 hours.

Thanks to a huge variety of textures and flavors, every bite of this salad is fun. Bitter melon tastes a bit like a bitter, sour cucumber and this salad makes an easy introduction to the vegetable. This is a traditional Vietnamese dish, best if dipped in Nuaoc Cham sauce. If you’re missing the satisfying crunch of a warm bánh mì, or the slippery goodness of cao lầu noodles, don’t despair! The crispy shell with a soft veggie and meat filling dunked in a tangy sauce gets the gastronomic juices flowing before a main course. Just look for the clouds of meaty smoke after 11 a.m. when street-side restaurants start grilling up small patties of seasoned pork and slices of marinated pork belly over a charcoal fire. Easy enough to make at home and good enough to forego takeout. Not only do we get amazing contrasts in flavor and texture, but also the temperature difference between the crisp, warm, meat-filled roll, and cool, crunchy vegetables makes this so much fun to eat. Centuries ago, Hoi An was an important trading port where merchants from all over the region would meet to sell their goods. These spring rolls are a refreshing change from the usual fried variety, and have become a family favorite. When you make it at home, you can adjust the spice levels and concoct a meal that's tailor-made to your tastes. Mix noodles with a dollop of oil, then add beef, onions, garlic, morning glory and some tomato for color and you have a platter of my xao bo. The flat, smoother pho noodle doesn't crisp up like its pre-boiled instant cousin. Once cooked it's served with slices of papaya, shallots and green onions, before more flavor is added with pickled chili sauce and rice vinegar. Assemble it in layers, with the rice noodles at the bottom, fresh and pickled veggies next, then lemongrass-marinated beef strips. Although when it's diced and sauteed in a clay pot along with tomatoes, soy sauce, sugar, and (depending on the recipe) minced meat, the once bland vegetable redeems itself. It costs next to nothing to make and fun for the kids. Showing 1-12 of 34 recipes . Serve it over white rice, to soak up the sauce. Traditional long-simmered pho (and much quicker pressure cooker versions), bánh mì, grilled pork chops, and more Vietnamese and Vietnamese-inspired classics to make at home. Strong coffee with sweetened condensed milk and chilled on ice makes an unbeatable Southeast Asian treat. Vietnamese food is full of simplicity, subtle variations by region and fresh ingredients that keep us pulling up a plastic stool for more. I love the pickled daikon radish and carrot that come alongside Vietnamese rice noodle salads, and realized that it's so easy to make at home!

This Vietnamese-style dressing is best made These are not only great in rice noodle salads but also in rice paper rolls. chilli and lime on the side.

Don't let the name of this dish fool you; even though it bears the name "salad," it's chock full of noodles, hearty beef, and lots of vegetables to make an entire meal. The secret to pho, the deeply fragrant Vietnamese noodle soup with meat and flavorful toppings, is all in the stock. Marinating tender lamb chops in lemongrass, fish sauce, and sweet mushroom sauce tames any gaminess and gives the meat an umami-like and slightly fruity flavor. The ingredients are relatively simple and easy to find in any grocery store.

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Got the sniffles? It's also great spooned over a bowl of steaming hot pho or other rice noodle soup. Although seemingly slender and empty they have a savory filling of minced pork and mushrooms. Vietnamese cuisine doesn't win any points for complexity. Serve it on hot summer days or as an evening treat. The large pomelo fruit can grow up to 10 inches in diameter, but many vendors will sell segments to make it easier to use it all before it dries out. Making the fried shallots for this superhealthy salad is optional, but well worth it - they’re incredibly delicious. Split mung beans cook faster than whole, so use those if you can find them. Plan ahead so you can marinate the lamb overnight. If you do like your vegetables a little softer, cook them for 10 to 20 seconds longer. On a chilly day, this canh bap cai nhoi thit, or cabbage roll soup, really hits the spot.

in with Facebook, Sign This Instant Pot pho soup consists of a subtly spiced, fragrant broth with noodles and beef that takes much less time cooked in an Instant Pot.

There's nothing special about the beef that makes it shaking. Use store-bought broth if you don't have any homemade on hand. The Vietnamese take on steamed pork burns.