17 Authentic Vietnamese Recipes
Vietnamese recipes are one of the most popular recipes in the world. From their street food to main course meals everything is loved by all.
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Traditional Vietnamese Recipes
Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken
Fresh lemongrass is the star of this recipe. This sweet and savory recipe is simply irresistible. You can either bake it or grill it. The lemongrass marinade can be made even ahead of time and can be kept in the fridge.
You can serve this with rice, noodles, or even veggies. It takes almost an hour to make the recipe, including 45 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include lime juice, soy sauce, fish sauce, boneless chicken breasts, maple syrup, shallots, garlic, avocado oil, and lemongrass.
Vietnamese Coconut Chicken Curry
It is also known as Ca Ri Ga. The dish is served with rice, a baguette, or noodles. It is one of the best Vietnamese curries.
To get the best results, marinate the chicken for 2 hours before you want to make the recipe. I prefer boneless chicken for this recipe. You can use chicken drumsticks too, and they are pocket-friendly too.
It needs an hour to make. The ingredients include chicken, black pepper, chicken bouillon powder, vegetable oil, fish sauce, garlic, lemongrass, shallot, and coconut milk.
Vietnamese Noodles With Lemongrass Chicken
This budget-friendly recipe tastes awesome. It is a versatile recipe, so that is one of the reasons it is one of my favorite Vietnamese recipes.
It can be a great make-ahead recipe too. The recipe is perfect for camping. It is a healthy recipe that takes only half an hour to make, including 20 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients for chicken and marinade include chicken thigh fillets, fish sauce, vermicelli noodles, lime, garlic, soy sauce, and vegetable oil.
For Nuoc Cham, the ingredients include fish sauce, lime juice, red bird’s eye chili, white sugar and garlic. To make the noodle bowl, you need cilantro, bean sprouts, cucumber, iceberg lettuce, carrots and vermicelli noodles.
Vietnamese Spring Rolls
It is one of the best Vietnamese appetizers. You can make them within an hour, including 30 minutes of prep time and 20 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients for Spring rolls include Persian cucumber, carrot, rice vermicelli, butter lettuce, mint leaves, shell-on shrimp, and rice paper sheets.
For Nuoc Cham dip, you need a mix of garlic, chilli, lime juice, warm water, fish sauce and sugar. It is best served with Nuoc Cham, which is a dip made from fish sauce or you can also serve it with peanut sauce.
Vietnamese Pho
It is one of the best noodle soups in the world for sure. To get the best out of this recipe, make sure to use a good mix of beef meat and bones.
It takes over 3 hours to make, but you will earn all the praise for sure. It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 3 hours of cooking time to be precise.
The ingredients include onion, cinnamon quills, beef brisket, marrow bones, star anise, coriander seeds, cardamom pods, cinnamon quills, dried rice sticks, and beef bones.
Banh Xeo
This crispy and flavored recipe is a crowd-pleaser. Making it crispy is one of the most important parts of getting it right. Ensure the batter is not thicker than required, also it should not be cooked covered for a long time.
You can make batter even 4-6 days in advance and keep it in the fridge in an airtight container. It takes almost 4 hours to make, including 10 minutes of prep time, 40 minutes of cooking time, and 3 hours of resting time.
The ingredients include rice flour, coconut cream, all-purpose flour, shrimp, bean sprouts, mint, cilantro, green onions, turmeric, and mustard greens.
Banh Mi
This sandwich recipe is one of the most popular Vietnamese foods. It is one of the most versatile sandwich recipes. It tastes like a rich ham sandwich with an Asian flavor.
It is ready to be served in 90 minutes, including 20 minutes of prep time and an hour of pickling time. The ingredients include bread rolls, pink ham, mayonnaise, chicken pate, onion stems, chillis, cucumber, and chicken loaf.
To make the pickled carrots, you require a mix of carrots, sugar, water, rice wine vinegar, and salt. You can have different filling variations, like you can use shredded chicken or smashed pork meatballs.
Bun Bo Hue
It is another soup recipe that is quite popular in Vietnam. It is a little spicy but tastes awesome. The recipe is perfect on a chilly night.
It takes almost three and a half hours to make, including 30 minutes of prep time and 3 hours of cooking time.
The ingredients include beef shank, lemongrass, pork hocks, shrimp paste, hue-styled pork, garlic, shallots, fish sauce, sugar, salt, bean sprouts, and onions.
Vietnamese Caramelised Pork Bowls
This pork recipe is one of the best weeknight dinner recipes. The sweet and salty flavor makes it one of my Favorite Vietnamese recipes.
This is a quick recipe that hardly takes 20 minutes to make, including 10 minutes of prep time and 10 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include ground pork, ginger, brown sugar, onion, Thai chili, and fish sauce. You can replace pork with chicken or turkey too. It is best served over rice.
Homemade Vietnamese Pho
You can choose any thin noodle but I prefer Vermicelli rice noodles. Add protein of your choice, chicken, steak, or pork, they all will work.
You can make it in an Instant pot or in a slow cooker. It requires 20 minutes of prep time and 40 minutes of cooking time. The ingredients include dried rice vermicelli noodles, coriander, hoisin sauce, chicken, yellow onion, soy sauce, red chili paste, black pepper, cinnamon, and chicken broth.
For garnishing, use lime, basil leaves, jalapeno pepper, bean sprouts, cilantro and green onions. You can freeze the broth for up to 5 months.
Pho Ga
It is a light meal and tastes awesome. You can make it on the stovetop or in the pressure cooker. The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 1 hour and 15 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include chicken, shallots, fish sauce, ginger, coriander, cinnamon stick, and pho rice noodles. If you want to make it spicy, add a bird’s eye chili pepper.
Vietnamese Noodle Bowl With Chicken
This is a hearty and healthy dinner recipe. You need a blender or a food processor. It requires 1 hour and 40 minutes to make the recipe. This Vietnamese noodle bowl is one of the best salad bowl recipes. It is Asian cooking at its best.
The ingredients for lemongrass chicken include fish sauce, vegetable oil, soy sauce, fish sauce, chicken breasts, sesame oil, and brown sugar. You can use chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts.
To make the noodle bowls, you need vermicelli noodles, cilantro, cucumber, carrots, roasted peanuts and lime. For Nuoc Cham sauce, you need amix of red chili, sesame oil, rice vinegar, fish sauce, and black pepper.
Keep the leftovers in an airtight container int he fridge and it will be good for 3 days.
Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken
It is one of the best Asian chicken recipes. It is quick and easy to make. This is a sweet and savory recipe, and that is what I liked the most about it. The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include lemongrass, sugar, garlic, shallots, fish sauce, dark soy sauce, and chicken thighs. Shallots are very important as they add flavor.
This is a versatile recipe. So you replace chicken with pork or beef. I prefer boneless chicken as it takes less time to cook. For Nuoc Cham dipping sauce, you need a mix of garlic, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice and water.
You can skip fish sauce also, it’s a must. It is best served with rice. You can also use it in Vietnamese spring rolls. I have tried it with salads too and it worked well.
Bun Cha- Vietnamese Grilled Pork Meatballs With Noodles
The recipe requires 25 minutes of prep time and 15 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include ground pork, sugar, fish sauce, shallots and lemongrass stalks.
Vietnamese Beef Stew
It requires 20 minutes of prep time nd 2 hours of cooking time.
The ingredients include beef shank, beef brisket, shallots, ginger and salt.
Vietnamese Chicken Pho Noodle Soup
The recipe requires 15 minutes of prep time and 1 hour 15 minutes of cooking time.
The ingredients include chicken, fish sauce, pho rice noodles, ginger and coriander seeds.
Vietnamese Noodle Salad With Grilled Chicken
The recipe requires 25 minutes of prep time and 20 minute sof cooking time.
The ingredients include grilled chicken, ginger, vermicelli rice noodles, cilantro and soy sauce.
