Dinner
Phở Bò (Beef Noodle Soup)
A clear, aromatic broth simmered for four hours with charred ginger and onion and a bundle of toasted spices, poured…
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Clear broths, fresh herbs and bright dipping sauces. 29 Vietnamese recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 29 recipes cover 7 of the site’s categories, among them 14 dinners, 7 lunches, 3 appetisers and small plates, 2 drinks, 1 breakfast and 1 dessert. Of these, 4 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Cà Phê Sữa Đá (10 min), Vietnamese Egg Coffee (15 min) and Vietnamese Noodle Salad (25 min). For 12, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 9 easy, 17 medium and 3 hard.
As written, 3 are vegetarian, 9 gluten-free and 23 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Vietnamese recipes — all 29 recipes
Lunch
Bánh Mì
A crackling baguette filled with pâté, mayonnaise, cold cuts or grilled pork, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber…
Appetizers
Gỏi Cuốn (Fresh Spring Rolls)
Rice paper rolls packed with prawns, pork, herbs and vermicelli, served cold with peanut dipping sauce. Nothing is…
Drinks
Cà Phê Sữa Đá
Dark roast coffee dripped slowly through a phin filter onto sweetened condensed milk, then poured over ice. Strong…
Appetizers
Chả Giò
Vietnamese fried spring rolls wrapped in rice paper rather than wheat wrappers, which gives a blistered, bubbly…
Dinner
Bún Chả
Hanoi's great lunch: charred pork patties and belly slices floating in a warm sweet-sour dipping broth, with cold…
Dinner
Bún Bò Huế
Central Vietnam's spicy beef and pork noodle soup: a lemongrass and shrimp paste broth, thick round rice noodles…
Dinner
Cơm Tấm
Broken rice with a marinated grilled pork chop, shredded pork skin, a steamed egg meatloaf and a fried egg, all…
Dinner
Cá Kho Tộ
Fish steaks braised in a clay pot with caramel sauce, fish sauce and black pepper until the liquid reduces to a…
Drinks
Vietnamese Egg Coffee
Cà phê trứng: a whipped custard of egg yolk and condensed milk floated on strong Vietnamese coffee. It sounds wrong…
Dinner
Bánh Xèo
A rice flour crêpe made yellow with turmeric, filled with pork and prawn and folded over beansprouts. It is torn up…
Dinner
Phở Gà
Chicken pho: a clear broth of charred ginger and onion with poached chicken and flat rice noodles. Lighter than the…
Lunch
Bún Thịt Nướng
Grilled lemongrass pork over cold rice vermicelli with herbs, pickle and nuoc cham poured over. A hot and cold bowl…
Dinner
Bò Kho
Beef shin stewed with lemongrass, star anise and annatto until it falls apart, with carrots cut thick. Eaten with…
Breakfast
Bánh Cuốn
Rice batter steamed into sheets thinner than paper, rolled around pork and wood ear, with fried shallots over.
Lunch
Bún Riêu
A tomato and crab broth with floating clouds of crab and egg, over rice vermicelli. Sharper and lighter than phở.
Lunch
Gỏi Gà
Poached chicken torn into shreds with cabbage, herbs and a sharp fish sauce dressing. Forty minutes, mostly cooling.
Dinner
Bò Lúc Lắc
Cubes of beef marinated in garlic and oyster sauce, seared hard in a hot wok and shaken, served on a watercress and…
Dinner
Lemongrass Chicken
Thin slices of chicken marinated with minced lemongrass, shallot, garlic, ginger and lime, then seared in a hot pan…
Dinner
Vietnamese Caramel Pork
Pork belly in a dark caramel and fish sauce braise, simmered for 1 hour until sticky, with eggs and spring onion.
Healthy
Vietnamese Noodle Salad
Rice vermicelli with lettuce, cucumber, carrot, bean sprouts, herbs, prawns and peanuts in a sweet, sour and salty…
Appetizers
Summer Rolls with Prawns
Rice paper rolls filled with prawns, vermicelli, lettuce, herbs and cucumber, served with a peanut and hoisin…
Dinner
Beef Pho
Beef bones and brisket simmered for two hours with charred onion, ginger and warm spices, served over rice noodles…
Lunch
Vietnamese Vermicelli Bowl
Cool rice vermicelli topped with lemongrass pork, fresh herbs, pickled carrot, peanuts and a sweet, sour and salty…
Dinner
Com Ga
Poached chicken served on turmeric-yellow rice cooked in the poaching stock, with a sharp onion salad, herbs and a…
Lunch
Hu Tieu
A clear pork bone broth over rice noodles with minced pork, prawns and herbs, a southern Vietnamese noodle soup.
Lunch
Mi Quang
Wide turmeric rice noodles with pork and prawns in a small amount of rich broth, topped with peanuts, herbs and a…
Desserts
Che Chuoi
Sliced bananas and tapioca pearls simmered in sweetened coconut milk, served warm and topped with toasted peanuts…
Dinner
Instant Pot Pho
Beef broth simmered under pressure with charred onion, ginger and star anise, served over rice noodles with thin raw…