A delicious Vietnamese steamed egg and pork meatloaf to go with a popular broken rice dish, Cơm Tấm.
Read MoreBò Bía, is a northern Vietnamese spring roll appetizer that was most likely inspired by our Chinese neighbor. It’s a fresh rice paper roll, filled with thinly sliced eggs, Chinese sausage, jicama, carrots, dried shrimp, and Thai basil leaves. Serve with a side of peanut dipping sauce for a delicious appetizer.
Read MoreFluffy savory buns made with ground pork, woodear mushroom, hard-boiled quail eggs, and Chinese sausage. These pillowy soft buns are a childhood favorite. This recipe is made with prepackaged flour, making it a great time saver.
Read MoreThese eggs are known as Hot Vit Lon to the Vietnamese and Balut to the Filipinos. You don't bring these bad boys home to hatch. You boil these babies up and eat them like hard-boiled eggs, but with something very different inside. They are delicious and freaky at the same time.
Read MoreVietnamese-style scrambled eggs (Trung Chien) is seasoned with fish sauce (the salt of the East), a bit of sugar (an Asian secret of balancing flavor), ground black pepper and optional green onions for color. It is fried to fluffy perfection with either butter or vegetable oil, and usually kept intact.
Read MoreWhen the fridge is running empty or I just don’t feel like cooking, it’s an omelette with all the fixings to the rescue. This is a quick recipe of a Vietnamese-style omelette with dried salted shrimp and chayote squash. Protein and vegetables … all in one pan.
Read MoreThere are two popular Vietnamese dishes that utilizes bitter melon. One is a simple stir fry with eggs (Khổ Qua Xào Trứng). The other is stuffed bitter melon soup (Canh Khổ Qua or Khổ Qua Nhồi Thịt). Here is a recipe for the former.
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