Stir-fried Tender Beef with Capsicum (Bò Xào Ớt Xanh)

Capsicum, also known as Bell Pepper, is a good companion for beef in stir-fries and one of traditional food in Vietnam. So far, I have seen and tried three colors available – green, red and yellow, the latter being the sweetest. With capsicum, you can’t really leave out its other good friend, the onion....

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How To Make Traditional Vietnamese Pho

I toyed with the idea of giving this post one of the typical pun-filled pho-post titles. What the pho? All pho'c'd up. Blah blah blah. One of those titles intended to be clever and witty while at the same time demonstrating that the proper pronunciation of the Vietnamese noodle soup rhymes with the first...

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Stir-fried Hard Clams Home-cooked Style (Nghêu Xào Tại Nhà)

Stir-fried Hard Clams Home-cooked Style (Nghêu Xào Tại Nhà) is based on one fishermen village that I cannot in the middle of Vietnam. Sometimes, a little bit of chili is added to make it spicier. Clams are treated no different. Some might say that cooking seafood in tomato sauce masks the natural taste...

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Stewed Sweet Herbal Chicken Soup (Gà Hầm Thuốc Bắc)

Stewed Sweet Herbal Chicken Soup (Gà Hầm Thuốc Bắc) is really delicious and healthy. Most herbal chicken soup can be bitter and kids do not like them. This traditional food, however, is sweet due to the ingredients used. With a combination of American dried fig, red dates, honey dates, gojiberries, dried...

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Stir-fried Beef with Ginger and Onions (Bò Xào Gừng và Hành Tây)

Stir-fried Beef with Ginger and Onions (Bò Xào Gừng và Hành Tây) which is one of Vietnamese food; is my very first foray into stir frying beef. After taking inspiration from cooking series on television, I proceeded to the supermarket, bought myself some beef flank slices, spring onions and ginger and did...

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Sweet and Sour Sauce with Prawns (Tôm Sốt Chua Ngọt)

Some say Sweet and Sour Prawns (Tôm Sốt Chua Ngọt) are delicious but some say it does a disservice to the prawns. No matter it is called or assess I think it is one of Vietnam's traditional food that.   Noodle Soup Viet Nam     To make this Vietnam's traditional food, all you need...

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