List of Vietnamese dishes
Appearance
This is a list of dishes found in Vietnamese cuisine.
Noodle dishes
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bánh canh | Noodle dish | Thick noodle[1][2] | ||
Bánh hỏi | Binh Dinh Province | Noodle dish | Extremely thin noodles that are woven into intricate bundles and often topped with chopped scallions and a complementary meat dish[1] | |
Bánh phở | Noodles | Rice noodles | ||
Bánh tằm cà ri | Cà Mau | Noodles | Spicy chicken curry over special rice noodles | |
Bún bò Huế | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province | Noodle soup | Huế style (hot and spicy) beef rice vermicelli soup with lemongrass and pork[3][4] | |
Bún chả | Hanoi | Noodle dish | Vermicelli noodles with grilled pork meatballs served over salad, herbs, bean sprouts, and sliced cucumbers | |
Bún măng vịt | Noodle soup | Bamboo shoots and duck noodle soup.[3] | ||
Bún ốc | Noodle dish | Vermicelli noodles with snails | ||
Bún riêu | Noodle soup | Meat rice vermicelli soup[3][5] | ||
Bún Thịt Nướng | Noodle dish | Grilled pork (often shredded) and cold vermicelli noodles over a bed of greens (salad and sliced cucumber), herbs and bean sprouts. Also often includes a few chopped up egg rolls, spring onions, and shrimp. Served with roasted peanuts on top and a small bowl of nước chấm.[3][1][6] | ||
Cao lầu | Quảng Nam Province | Noodle dish | ||
Cellophane noodles miến, bún tàu, bún tào |
Noodles | |||
Hủ tiếu | Noodle soup | Chinese/Cambodian noodle soup traditionally consisting of rice noodles with pork broth. | ||
Mì Quảng | Quảng Nam Province | Noodle dish | Ingredients often vary, but dishes most often consist of wide rice noodles served with little broth, pork chops, chicken, shrimp, vegetables, peanuts, and bánh tráng. | |
Mì xào dòn | Noodle dish | Deep-fried egg noodles, topped with seafood, vegetables, and a sauce | ||
Phở | Hanoi | Noodle dish | Noodle soup served with various cuts of beef and onions.[5] Often eaten with basil, mint, lime, and bean sprouts | |
Rice noodles bánh canh, bánh phở |
Noodles | Made from rice flour | ||
Rice vermicelli bún |
Noodles | A type of rice noodles |
Dumplings
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bánh bá trạng | Dumpling | Bak Chang dumplings – like Chinese zongzi | ||
Bánh bao | Dumpling | Ball-shaped bun filled with pork and/or other ingredients[2] | ||
Bánh bột lọc | Dumpling | Cassava cake packed with shrimp[4][2] | ||
Bánh bột lọc trần | Dumpling | Dumplings with wrappers made of tapioca starch; similar to chaozhou fun guo | ||
Bánh bột lọc lá | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province | Dumpling | Tiny rice flour dumplings stuffed with shrimp and ground pork and wrapped in a banana leaf; from Huế | |
Bánh cam | Southern Vietnam | Dumpling | Deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from southern Vietnam | |
Bánh ít | File:Bánh ít lá gai.jpg | Dumpling | Small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls[2] | |
Bánh ít trần | File:Bánh ít trần.jpg | Dumpling | "Naked" small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls | |
Bánh khúc | File:Bánh khúc.jpg | Dumpling | Glutinous rice ball | |
Bánh nậm | File:Bánh nậm.jpg | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province | Dumpling | Flat rice flour dumpling from Huế stuffed with minced pork and mushroom, and seasoned with pepper and spices; wrapped in a banana leaf[2] |
Bánh phu thê | Bac Ninh Province | Dumpling | Literally "husband and wife cake"; a sweet cake made of rice or tapioca flour and gelatin, filled with mung bean paste; also spelled bánh xu xê (su sê) | |
Bánh phu thê bột bán | Dumpling | Husband and wife cakes made with tapioca pearls) | ||
Bánh rán | Northern Vietnam | Dumpling | Deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from northern Vietnam[7][2] | |
Bánh tẻ | Hanoi | Dumpling | Small steamed rice cake wrapped with leaves of some local trees into a long, thin cylindrical shape, and boiled thoroughly. |
Pancakes and sandwiches
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bánh bèo | Quảng Bình Province | Rice cake | Small steamed savory rice cakes[2] | |
Bánh bột lọc | Huế | Rice cake | Rice dumplings made in a clear rice flour batter stuffed with shrimp and ground pork. Cooked inside a banana leaf. | |
Bánh căn | File:Bánh căn.jpg | Southern Vietnam | Egg dish | A southern specialty consisting of small pancakes made with quail eggs, cooked in small clay pans[1] |
Bánh đúc | Rice or corn cake | Rice cake or corn cake eaten as a dessert or savory meal | ||
Bánh khọt | Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province | Pancake | A southern specialty consisting of small, fried rice flour pancakes[2] | |
Bánh mì | Sandwich | Vietnamese sandwich[8] | ||
Bánh rế | Binh Thuan province | Pancake | Deep-fried pancake | |
Bánh xèo | Crepe | Coconut milk-flavored crepes[1][9][2] |
Rolls and rice papers
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bánh cuốn | Hanoi | Roll | Steamed rice roll[10][2] | |
Bánh tôm | Seafood dish | Shrimp patties[2] | ||
Bánh tôm Hồ Tây | Hanoi | Seafood dish | A shrimp patty specialty originating from the area around West Lake (Tây Hồ), Hanoi | |
Bánh tráng | Rice paper | Rice paper | ||
Bánh ướt | Khánh Hòa Province | Rice paper | Steamed rice paper[2] | |
Chả nem | Roll | Fried pork spring rolls | ||
Gỏi cuốn | Roll | Soft vermicelli summer roll | ||
Món cuốn | Roll | Roll which includes a variety of ingredients rolled in rice paper (bánh tráng) | ||
Popiah bò bía |
Roll | Spring roll wrapped in a soft, thin paper-like crepe or pancake made from wheat flour | ||
Trảng Bàng dew-wetted rice paper bánh tráng phơi sương Trảng Bàng |
Tay Ninh Province | Rice paper | Wetted rice paper |
Soups and cháo (congees)
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bird's nest soup súp yến sào |
Soup | Bird's nest soup | ||
Canh chua | Mekong Delta | Soup | Hot and sour soup | |
Chạo tôm | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province | Barbecued shrimp paste/mousse on a sugar cane stick | ||
Congee cháo |
Rice dish | Rice porridge | ||
Lẩu | Hot pot | Spicy sour soup with assorted vegetables, meats, and seafood | ||
Súp măng cua | Soup | Asparagus-crab combination soup |
Other dishes
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Balut trứng vịt lộn or hột vịt lộn |
Egg dish | Fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell | ||
Bánh | "Cake" or "bread" | |||
Bánh chưng | Rice dish | Square-shaped steamed glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in a Phrynium placentarium leaf (lá dong)[2] | ||
Bánh đa | Rice dish | Called Bánh tráng nướng in the South, large round flat rice crackers | ||
Bánh gối | Stuffed pastry | Deep fried pastry stuffed with cellophane noodles, minced pork, cloud ear fungus and thin slices of chinese sausage[7] | ||
Bánh lá | Rice dish | Parcel of a variety of rice stuffed with some fillings and wrapped in a leaf or leaves. | ||
Black pudding dồi tiết' (Northern) or dồi huyết (Southern) |
Sausage | Blood sausage | ||
Bò 7 món | Meat dish | 7 courses of beef | ||
Cassava-based dishes | ||||
Chả | Sausage | Sausage | ||
Cốm | Hanoi | Rice dish | Green rice | |
Cơm nắm | Rice dish | Rice "sandwiches" | ||
Cơm tấm | Rice dish | Warm broken rice often served with a slab of grilled pork chop marinated in sugar and fish sauce (sườn), a slice of steamed pork loaf topped with egg yolks (chả trứng hấp), and a mixture of pork skin and thinly shredded pork (bì). | ||
Giò lụa | Sausage | A pork sausage, similar to Bologna sausage | ||
Hủ Tiếu Bò Kho | Meat dish | Beef and vegetable stew[1] | ||
Lo Trau | Fixed Rice Husk Stove | |||
Nem chua | Meat dish | Cured fermented pork | ||
Ô mai | Fruit dish | Snack made from salted dried apricot or sugared dried apricot | ||
Ốc bươu nhồi thịt | Meat dish | Minced snail mixed with ground pork, carrot, black mushroom stuffed in snail shell | ||
Rousong chà bông |
Meat dish | Meat floss | ||
Thit Bo Cuon La Lot | Meat dish | Ground beef wrapped in lolot (NEVER grape leaves) | ||
Tiết canh | Blood | |||
Xôi | Rice dish | Sweet (ngọt) or savory (mặn) dish made from glutinous rice and other ingredients. | ||
You tiao quẩy |
Doughnut | A long, golden-brown, deep fried strip of dough |
Sweet cakes and desserts
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bánh bò | Dessert | "Cow cake," made from glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, with a honeycomb-like texture[2] | ||
Bánh cáy | Thai Binh | Dessert | Rectangular-shaped sweet dessert made by roasting and grinding glutinous rice and other ingredients | |
Bánh da lợn | Dessert | Colored steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, coconut milk and/or water, sugar, and other ingredients | ||
Bánh chuối | Dessert | Banana cake[7] | ||
Bánh Flan | Dessert | |||
Bánh kẹp lá dứa | Dessert | Pandan and coconut flavored waffle eaten plain | ||
Bánh khoai mì | Dessert | Sweet cassava cake | ||
Bánh pía | Sóc Trăng Province | Dessert | Teochew-style with durian | |
Bánh tét | Southern Vietnam | Rice dish | Log-shaped cylindrical glutinous rice cake, wrapped in a banana leaf and filled with a meat or vegetarian filling | |
Bánh tiêu | Dessert | Hollow doughnuts | ||
Bánh trung thu | Dessert | Mooncake[2] | ||
Chè | Dessert | Sweet dessert soup or pudding[1][11] | ||
Chè trôi nước | File:Chexoinuoc2.jpg | Southern Vietnam | Dessert | Dessert consisting of balls made from mung bean paste wrapped in a shell made of glutinous rice flour. |
Chendol chè bánh lọt |
Dessert | Coconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar | ||
Chuối Chiên | Dessert | Banana fried in a batter | ||
Coconut candy kẹo dừa |
Ben Tre Province | Dessert | Candy made with coconut milk and coconut cream | |
Cơm rượu | Southern Vietnam | Dessert | Dessert from Southern Vietnam, made from glutinous rice | |
Sữa chua | Dessert | Yogurt made with condensed milk | ||
Douhua tào phớ |
Tofu dish | Soybean pudding | ||
Grass jelly thạch đen |
Dessert | Made by boiling the aged and slightly oxidized stalks and leaves of Mesona chinensis (member of the mint family) with potassium carbonate for several hours with a little starch and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency | ||
Mè xửng Huế | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province | Dessert | A chewy candy originally from the city of Huế, made with boiled down cane sugar, (into a soft and thick solid), coated with sesame seeds, and usually containing peanuts. | |
Tangyuan bánh trôi |
Northern Vietnam | Rice dish | Boiled Glutinous rice balls – also called bánh chay; literally "floating cake") – served together with bánh chay[11] | |
Tapioca pudding chè chuối |
Dessert | Made from bananas and tapioca | ||
Taro cake bánh khoai môn |
Dessert | Taro cake[7] | ||
Thạch rau câu or sương sa | Dessert | Gelatin dessert | ||
Rượu nếp | File:Ruounepthan.jpg | Northern Vietnam | Dessert | Sweet dessert made from black glutinous rice. |
Sâm bổ lượng | Ho Chi Minh City | Soup | Sweet, cold soup |
Condiments and sauces
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fish sauce nước mắm |
Condiment | A condiment that is derived from fish that have been allowed to ferment | ||
Hoisin sauce tương đen |
File:Hoisin sauce squeeze bottle LeeKumKee.jpg | Condiment | A popular condiment for phở in Ho Chi Minh City | |
Nước chấm | Condiment | Dipping sauce | ||
Peanut sauce tương đậu phộng |
Condiment | Used in cuốn diếp | ||
Shrimp paste mắm tôm |
Condiment | Shrimp paste | ||
Soy sauce xì dầu or nước tương |
Condiment | Condiment produced from fermented soybeans | ||
Tương | Condiment | Condiments made from fermented bean paste |
Beverages
Name | Image | Region | Type | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bia hơi | Beverage | Fresh beer | ||
Chanh muối | Beverage | Salty limeade[11] | ||
Hue Beer | Thừa Thiên-Huế Province | Beverage | ||
Nước mía | Beverage | Sugar cane juice often mixed with kumquat juice[12] | ||
Nước sâm | Beverage | Iced ginseng drink | ||
Nước sắn dây hoa bưởi | Beverage | Made of kudzu and pomelo flower extract. | ||
Rau má | Beverage | Iced pennywort juice often sweetened | ||
Rượu cần | Tây Nguyên and Tây Bắc | Beverage | Rice wine | |
Rượu đế | Mekong Delta | Beverage | Rice liquor | |
Rượu thuốc | Beverage | Medicinal liquor | ||
Snake wine rượu rắn |
Beverage | |||
Soda sữa hột gà | Beverage | Iced soda with egg, sugar and milk | ||
Soy milk sữa đậu nành |
Beverage | Beverage made from soybeans | ||
Vietnamese iced coffee cà phê sữa đá |
Beverage | |||
Vietnamese lotus tea trà sen, chè sen, or chè ướp sen |
Beverage | A type of green tea produced in Vietnam that has been flavored with the scent of Nelumbo nucifera | ||
Vietnamese tea trà Việt |
Beverage | Green tea, similar to Keemun and Yunnan, but more sweet | ||
Vietnamese wine | Beverage |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Bray, Adam. "10 Traditional Vietnamese dishes for under US$1". Discovering Vietnam. CNNGo.com. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Alice's Guide to Vietnamese Banh (Steamed Cakes)". Dina and Brian's Site. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d Dang, Vinh. "Bún 101". Vietnam Talking Points. OneVietnam Network. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Cite error: The named reference "Bún 101" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b "Hue Dictionary". NetCoDo. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ a b "Noodle soups". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Other noodle dishes". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Fried treats". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Salads & Sandwiches". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Southern snacks". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Vietnamese Rice Pancakes: Banh Cuon and Pho Cuon". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ a b c "Sweets and Smoothies". Savour Asia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "Nuoc mia, or sugar-cane juice". 6 November 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuisine of Vietnam.
Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on