I made this one-pot bò kho at 9 months pregnant. I wanted comforting Vietnamese food without the hassle — no parboiling and cleaning beef bones, sautéing in front of a hot stove, or washing multiple pots. Total prep time and cleanup is less than 30 minutes; the oven does the rest of the work. I…
Bột chiên (pan-fried rice flour cake) is a popular street food in Saigon. Just like my family, this dish has Chinese roots — it’s the Vietnamese interpretation of “chien go” (煎粿). The dish features steamed rice flour cakes that are pan-seared and coated in a thick, molasses-like soy sauce, stitched together by eggs. The best…
My grandma calls this chả nướng because she used to grill it over charcoal in Vietnam. Most may know this as chả trứng hấp, or Vietnamese egg meatloaf, often included in cơm tấm (broken rice plate). My grandma makes it best — the meatloaf itself is moist, and I love the translucent layer of egg…
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