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Vietnamese Steamed Pork Buns (Banh Bao)

Fluffy savory buns made with ground pork, woodear mushroom, hard-boiled quail eggs, and Chinese sausage. These pillowy soft buns are a childhood favorite. This recipe is made with prepackaged flour, making it a great time saver.

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Crispy Fried Spring Roll with Rice Paper Wrapper (Cha Gio)

If tried to make fried spring rolls with rice paper wrapper and didn’t have much luck, I got you! Perfectly fried spring rolls with traditional ground pork, vermicelli noodles, and minced wood ear mushroom, these fried spring rolls are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. And they are made with rice paper! Just like in Vietnam!

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Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Pork & Shrimp (Gỏi Cuốn Tôm Thịt)

Vietnamese Spring Roll or Goi Cuon Tom Thit is a refreshing appetizer made up of shrimp, pork, vermicelli noodles, and an assortment of vegetables rolled in rice paper. They are served at room temperature with a side of peanut dipping sauce.

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Carrot & Cabbage Egg Rolls (Chả Giò Chiên Cà Rốt Bắp Cải)

Vietnamese Egg Roll, or Chả giò is a popular appetizer. The basic Vietnamese egg rolls consists of marinated ground pork, onions, woodear mushroom and thin cellophane noodles. The roll is then wrapped in rice paper and deep-fried until golden brown and crispy, and served alongside a sweet and spicy dipping sauce. This particular recipe is more vegetable-based with lots of carrots and cabbage.

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Vietnamese Grilled/Baked Pork Sausage Spring Rolls with Orange Dipping Sauce (Nem Nuong Nha Trang)

Nem Nuong Cuon or Nem Nuong Nha Trang is a spring roll appetizer that appears in many Vietnamese restaurants. These spring rolls are made with rice paper and filled with Vietnamese grilled / baked pork sausage, lettuce, assorted herbs, a crunchy component made from either fried rice paper wrapper or egg roll wrapper and comes with its signature orange dipping sauce on the side.

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Vietnamese Pyramid Dumplings (Banh Gio)

Vietnamese Pyramid Dumpling (Banh Gio) is a common breakfast in Northern Vietnam. Banh Gio directly translates to “pork cake” which unfortunately doesn’t sound too appetizing but don’t let the name fool you. It is a tasty banana-leaf-wrapped pyramid-shaped rice dumpling filled with ground pork, onions, minced woodear mushroom and quail eggs.

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Vietnamese Steamed Pork Buns with Dough from Scratch (Banh Bao)

Banh Bao (“wrapping cake”) is a fluffy Vietnamese steamed bun with a savory filling. The most common filling is ground pork, onions, mushroom, Chinese sausage and a hard-boiled egg. Other varieties include vegetables such as peas, carrots and jicama.

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Vietnamese Shrimp and Pork Egg Rolls (Cha Gio Tom Thit)

The Holidays are around the corner and that means one thing. Gaining weight with lots of good food.

One of my favorite dishes to make during the Holidays is Vietnamese shrimp and pork egg rolls (Cha Gio Tom Thit). It’s a combination of traditional Vietnamese egg rolls (Cha Gio) and whole shrimp. Carry a basket of these bad boys to a dinner party and you’ll be the life of the party… or at least until the egg rolls runs out.

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Dim Sum Shrimp Dumplings (Har Gow/Ha Cao)

To eat dim sum is to eat leisurely. You savor the yummy bite-sized portions of Cantonese food while sipping hot tea in between each bite. I love everything that is Dim Sum, and one of my favorite dim sum dishes is Há Cảo (or Har Gow in Cantonese).

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