Vietnamese Main Dish Recipes

"Had this last night at a friend's house, and it was FABULOUS. My friend kept saying, "This won't be the most delicious dinner you've ever had, but it's really healthy!" But she was wrong -- it was delicious. If you want to lighten the recipe, use cooking spray instead of oil, and use water chestnuts instead of almonds."

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Ingredients: dark sweet cherries, romaine leaves...

"This is a delicious and well known Vietnamese dish which you can prepare in your own home. Many traditional Vietnamese recipes are prepared in a clay pot, which is first soaked in water before being placed in a cold oven. As the pot heats up in the oven, tiny water particles are released, causing a pressure-steaming effect to cook the food. The result?..."

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Ingredients: fresh shiitake mushrooms, baby bok choy...

"it doesn't get much easier than this. you can serve this as an appetizer or a main course. courtesy of mark bittman."

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Ingredients: lime juice, nam pla, salt...

"This is a yummy asian recipe that my aunt, who is vietamese, gave to me.She knew that I always love her food.The ingredients are long,but it doesn't take long to make.The fish sauce can be found at most grocery stores by the asian food aisle."

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Ingredients: cilantro, dark chicken meat...

"Great food for fall with freshly picked pumpkins."

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Ingredients: pepper, green onions...

"Vietnamese Lunar New Year(Tet) will never be complete without this cake. It's very heavy, very filling, an Atkin dieter's nightmare, but it taste amazing. It takes a LONG time to cook. You read right that it takes 6 hours. And overnight soaking of rice and beans!"

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Ingredients: mung beans, pork, salt...

"Basically, I took a recipe from one of our foster Vietnamese daughters and amended it to my preference. I hope she doesn't mind but, just in case, I'm not going to tell her!! I really liked the soup but, of course, I'm biased. However, my wife really liked it also and she doesn't think I'm anywhere near as great as I think I am."

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Ingredients: dried basil, egg noodles...

"From Fine-Cooking magazine."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, fresh cilantro...

"This works just as well with pork. It's not overly sweet, but wonderfully different. Great grilled as well. If the fish sauce is too strong, replace a tablespoon of fish sauce with water. Prep time does not include marinade time. If you don;t want to marinade, just use it as a stir-fry sauce."

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Ingredients: shallots, white pepper...

"Vietnamese like to pickle with vinigar."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, daikon radishes...

"No fresh lemongrass? It can be purchased in a tube in the produce department called Gourmet Garden, but if pushed, you can substitute an equal amount of lemon zest. Warm lemongrass-scented stir-fried shrimp contrast with the cool rice noodles, crunchy bean sprouts, and cucumbers in this one-dish meal, making an especially refreshing summer supper...."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, green leaf lettuce...