Posts tagged pork belly
Vietnamese Savory Square Cake for Lunar New Year (Bánh Chưng)

Get ready for Lunar New Year with this easy-to-follow Bánh Chưng recipe! This recipe includes both stovetop and pressure cooker options, plus step-by-step wrapping tutorials to make preparation a breeze. This recipe makes four cakes with each cake yielding about 4 servings.

Read More
Vietnamese Savory Glutinous Rice Cakes with Pork Belly & Mung Beans for Lunar New Year (Banh Tet)

Bánh Tét is Vietnamese savory glutinous rice cakes filled with pork belly and mung beans, wrapped in banana leaves. It’s the quintessential Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tét) food. You better have these around for Tét or else you fail as a Vietnamese adult.

Read More
Vietnamese Braised Pork Belly & Eggs with Coca Cola / Coke Soda (Thịt Kho Tàu Coca Cola)

Thit Kho Tau is a classic dish served in almost every Vietnamese home, and it’s one of the dishes made to usher in the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet). In this recipe, I making Thit Kho Tau using Coca Cola or Coke soda. It acts the same way as any other soda substitute, but with the added benefit of coloring, making this recipe easier and yielding the same tasty results.

Read More
Crispy Roasted Pork Belly (Thit Heo Quay)

This oven-roasted pork belly is surprisingly easy to make at home. This recipe will yield a juicy interior with a crispy crackling skin. It’s a taste of Chinatown without ever having to leave the house.

Read More