Questions with this tag should be about traditional ingredients, preparations or dishes from Vietnam - such as bánh mì or phở. Questions about ingredients common to Vietnamese-style cooking, but which aren't about a specific Vietnamese dish, should not use this tag.
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What are the optimal simmering times for each stage of a traditional phở?
Several of my associates and I consider ourselves phở connoisseurs, of a sort, and one thing we've noticed is the drastic variation in the quality of the broth served at various establishments.
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What is vietnamese pho? What exactly does it consist of?
What exactly is pho? I know it's a type of vietnamese cuisine.
What does a bowl of pho typically consist of?
What are the bare requirements to consider it pho?
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What is this Vietnamese Food?
Several years ago, I had a friend of Vietnamese descent. She went back to visit her home country and returned with gifts. I was given a box (possibly yellow) containing several foil-wrapped cubes or ...
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Can I use southeast asian fish sauce as a marinade?
I have been using Southeast Asian fish sauce ( its Vietnamese variant called "nước mắm" to be precise ) to marinade meat which I would then fry. From the narrow observation I made though the ...
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Laotion (Thai/Viet) Style Sticky Rice, after making sticky rice do you knead the rice in something specific?
I have been trying to replicate some sticky rice that I ate during my childhood. I know you have to rinse the glutinous rice several times and let it soak for a good period of time. I then used my ...
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How do I make home-made Vietnamese or thai rice noodles?
In Vietnam, fresh noodles are easy to find, however in Australia, the nearest substitute seems to be plain (and dry) rice vermicelli noodles, which do not have the same flavour or texture, the fresh ...
