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🇻🇳 Traditional dishes from Vietnam

3 dishes people actually cook in Vietnam: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Phở bò

180 min · hard · 10 ingredients

Phở bò, a traditional dish from Vietnam

Clear beef broth built over hours.

  • 1500 g beef bones
  • 400 g beef brisket
  • 200 g beef sirloin
  • 400 g flat rice noodles
  • 2 onions
  • 1 ginger
  • 3 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 herbs, sprouts and lime to serve

Bún chả

45 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Bún chả, a traditional dish from Vietnam

Charred pork in a bowl of dipping broth.

  • 300 g pork mince
  • 300 g pork belly
  • 400 g rice vermicelli
  • 4 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp palm sugar
  • 2 limes
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 mixed herbs (mint, coriander, perilla)

Bánh xèo

40 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Bánh xèo, a traditional dish from Vietnam

A crackling turmeric crepe you wrap in leaves.

  • 200 g rice flour
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 200 g pork belly, sliced
  • 200 g raw prawns
  • 150 g bean sprouts
  • 3 spring onions
  • 1 lettuce and herbs, to wrap
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce

What do people eat in Vietnam?

The three dishes from Vietnam documented in Copper are Phở bò, Bún chả and Bánh xèo. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 26 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Vietnam?

The three recipes need 26 ingredients between them, of which 1 is shared by more than one dish. Fish sauce is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 18 use fish sauce. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Vietnam take?

Bánh xèo is the quickest at 40 minutes. Phở bò is the longest at 180 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 45 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Vietnam is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Vietnam here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Bánh xèo is the shortest way in.

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