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Try Cooking Vietnamese Food at Home, and It's Fun!

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Try Cooking Vietnamese Food at Home, and It's Fun!

Among all of the cuisines of Asia, Vietnamese food is memorable and unique. People worldwide love its salty, sweet, sour, and hot flavors for their one-of-a-kind taste. Nuoc mana, fermented fish sauce, I a staple ingredient in many dishes and is easy to order from an online Vietnamese market. If you stock your pantry with the needed flavor ingredients, it's not hard to cook Vietnamese food at home. If you're stuck for meal ideas or want to entertain with flair, check online for some good recipes. There are even sandwiches to make, which is not typical for Asian cuisine – you'll be impressed with the options.

Banh mi is a Vietnamese or Saigon sandwich that began as street food and is served on a French baguette, dating to the French colonial rule of Vietnam. It's packed with greens, and you can make it with a wide range of fillings: tofu, pate, pork, beef, chicken, and liver, to name a few. The sandwiches are as good for a family meal as they are for a party where you can make them in advance and serve them in quarters. It gives you guests the option to try several fillings. If you like making and serving recipes that are conversation starters, this will be one of them. Your family and friends will love Saigon sandwiches.

Translucent vegetable spring rolls, goicuon, are a Vietnamese favorite. Once you get the hang of rolling them, they're easy to make at home. They're an excellent way to serve chilled fresh vegetables in place of a salad. You'll see people who often turn up their noses at vegetables loving these light, aromatic spring rolls. Coriander is usually included and gives them a fresh flavor. You can add minced shrimp or pork or keep them vegetarian. The translucent wraps present beautifully on your buffet table and are novel because they are unlike anything else. Vietnamese food has many one-of-a-kind items.

If it sounds fun to make something akin to a taco in appearance, but a Vietnamese dish, try banh xeo (sizzling pancakes). You can stuff them with shrimp, pork, bean sprouts, and egg for a filling snack that everyone loves. The pancakes are fried and wrapped in rice paper with greens. Most people eat them with a fish-flavored dipping sauce that's the ideal flavor accent. They're another Vietnamese street food that's caught on in popularity worldwide. You can make many variations on the ingredients and dipping sauce to make them your own – or you can do them the traditional way and stick to the recipe.

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