Vietnamese Main Dish Recipes

"Sometimes you just don't have all day to make Vietnamese soup! You can have this made and in your hands in 15 minutes!"

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Ingredients: cellophane noodles, fresh basil...

"Easily doubles. Serve with rice or fried rice, and stir-fried or steamed veggies for a complete meal."

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Ingredients: fresh cilantro stems, garlic...

"My mom and dad make this dish in the winter a lot. Every time they do, the whole house smells wonderful. One time my mom came to visit me in boarding school in England. She cooked one pot, I ate for a whole week and got on the black list of all Asians in school. It taste good steaming hot with French bread, and also very good in sandwiches. Some ingredients..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, boneless beef chuck...

"This is one of my husbands favorites."

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Ingredients: fresh cilantro, fresh lime juice...

"If you've ever eaten Vietnamese food and not had this, you have been missing out. Very good and pretty healthy. I'm sure someone from Vietnam could critique this to death. I've had lots of Vietnamese food and this tastes pretty authentic."

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Ingredients: cilantro, cinnamon sticks...

"One of my favourite curries that I find quite quick and easy."

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Ingredients: fresh ginger, mild curry paste...

"One of our everyday dish. If you don't have a clay pot, use a normal saucepan, big enough to hold about 1 1/2 lbs. pork and some sauce. I prefer pork tender loin with a bit of fat, but many people like pork shoulder or pork chops. If you use pork chops, change to about 1 3/4 - 2 lbs."

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Ingredients: pepper, garlic, ginger...

"This is the perfect entree salad in my opinion! Once you make it the first time, you will want it again and again! It is very crisp, clean and fresh tasting. Although there are a lot of ingredients, it is very simple and foolproof to prepare. I always buy a precooked whole chicken at the market to use for this salad. Makes it perfect for a summer..."

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Ingredients: chili-garlic sauce, fresh cilantro leaves...

"This is one of my favorite dishes at a local Vietnamese restaurant. I searched around the internet for the recipe and this is what a came up with. I just made this tonight and am quite surprised how close it taste to the restaurant version. It is normally made in a clay pot but a 2-quart saucepan will suffice. Beware, fish sauce is a very pungent ingredient...."

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Ingredients: red snapper fillets, ginger...

"This has become one of my favorite sandwiches. Keep in mind that you can alter the quantities of the items on the sandwich any way you want. I usually cook the pork tenderloin immediately before making the sandwiches, but it can be done with leftover pork. Adapted from recipe in "Sunset Magazine"."

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Ingredients: mesclun, ground lean pork...

"We made a delicious meal of these, Chinese eggrolls, Thai corn fritters, and nuoc cham dipping sauce. I found variations of this recipe on the web, but adjusted the amounts for the best flavor. These can also be grilled. UPDATE: I can't vouch for it being authentically Vietnamese, though the recipes I combined to make this were labeled that way. Also,..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, egg whites...