One of the traditional dishes served during Vietnamese New Year (Tết) and also a staple in everyday home cooking. Ground pork stuffed bitter melon is simmered in a savory broth and served with fluffy steamed rice and other side dishes for a complete family-style meal.
Read MoreA hearty and comforting chayote squash soup, featuring ground pork but feel free to substitute with your ground meat of choice. This quick and easy soup complements steamed rice and other side dishes in a traditional Vietnamese family-style meal.
Read MoreA light and refreshing soup made with delicious white pompano fish, tomatoes, lemon juice, and sour bamboo. Serve this soup in a traditional Vietnamese family-style home-cooked meal.
Read MoreCanh Giò Heo is a Vietnamese collagen-rich, pork-based soup. Pork hocks (feet) and sometimes even toes are gently simmered until soft and gelatinous. Vegetables such as potatoes and carrots are then added and gently cooked until chopstick tender. This is a comforting soup and now that it’s cold outside, it’s the perfect way to warm up.
Read MoreYam or sweet potato leaves are an underrated leafy vegetable. They are very similar to the water spinach/morning glory (rau muống) in appearance, texture, and flavor, but a lot cheaper. Here is a quick soup recipe with yam leaves and dried salted shrimp for a traditional Vietnamese home-cooked family-style meal.
Read MoreHere is quick pork meatball soup recipe that I made with winter melon (bi dao). Winter melon is part of the gourd family. The outside usually has light green specks on them and some varieties have a bit of fuzz on the skin. Winter melon has the texture of a cucumber that cooks up quickly and provides sweetness to soups. Winter melon with tender pork meatballs is a must-have soup for these cold winter days.
Read MoreIt’s chayote season! Lots and lots of chayotes ready for harvest! Here is my quick go-to recipe for a traditional soup (canh) using chayote and minced shrimp (canh su su nau tom bam). Make this soup along side a protein side dish and you have yourself a complete traditional Vietnamese meal.
Read MoreA traditional soup side dish of kabocha squash and tender pork meatballs. These Vietnamese pork meatballs are soft with a springy texture. When paired with kabocha in a side soup, it’s simple good eating with no fuss. Eat with steamed rice for a complete meal.
Read MoreVietnamese sweet and sour soup (canh chua) is an example of everything that is great about Vietnamese home cooking. It uses a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs to produce a soup of contrasting yet complementary textures and flavors.
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