This easy Spicy Beef Noodle Soup recipe will satiate your cravings for a flavorful soup without having to spend hours cooking. Certainly, if you have the time, there’s no substitute for making soup stock from scratch. With our busy lives today, often we just need to prepare a quick meal to feed our hungry family and friends. […]
This Vietnamese dessert (Che Dau Xanh) made of mung beans is the easiest dessert to make. Are you thinking…beans? for dessert? Yes, beans are a very common ingredient in Asian desserts and pastries. Often the beans are cooked, mashed and mixed with sugar and coconut milk to make a yummy filling for cakes and pastries. This recipe is as […]
This hearty Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup (Canh Kho Qua) soup recipe celebrates bitterness. In Vietnamese cuisine, bitterness is not a bad thing but a fundamental food taste. And so, many Vietnamese dishes incorporate certain vegetables or herbs with a distinct bitter taste. Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup is made by coring bitter melon and filling it with a ground […]
This recipe for Fresh Spring Rolls / Rice Paper Rolls with Pork and Shrimp (Goi Cuon) is the traditional Vietnamese recipe and they are not deep-fried as some people may think. They are often called “summer rolls” to differentiate them from their fried cousin, the Egg Roll (Cha Gio). These Fresh Spring Rolls / Rice […]
This is a fail-proof recipe for making perfect Rice Vermicelli (Bun), a very thin rice noodle used in many Vietnamese dishes. The trick with these noodles is to boil minimally and allow to air-dry to get that springy texture.
