I first made this Vietnamese Clay Pot chicken during my first winter in Beijing in 2008. The temperatures were consistently brutally low (think Northern Vermont in January) and the heating in my rental apartment was way less than adequate. I wanted a hearty meaty dish that would also warm up the apartment while it cooked [...]
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Vietnamese Beef and Green Bean Stir-fry
I was at my favorite butcher shop last week to buy some flank steak for dinner when I noticed some very nice-looking flat iron steaks in the display case. The last time I worked with flat iron steak was maybe in culinary school, but because it was about $4 a pound cheaper than the flank [...]
Vietnamese Chicken Curry
Have you ever had Vietnamese chicken curry, or cà ri gà? I broke out my Dutch oven again last week to make this a sublime dish of braised chicken in a mild curry with carrots and potatoes. Curry is a lesser-known part of Vietnamese cuisine than it is in Thai cuisine, but restaurants really should [...]
Vietnamese Caramelized Pork
It’s hard to believe that when I first made Vietnamese Caramelized Pork almost four years ago in China, I had the hardest time finding fish sauce. Beijing locals know what they like to cook at home, and it’s not Cantonese or Southeast Asian. (Regional culinary borders are much stronger in China than they are here, [...]
Vietnamese Coffee Boba Drink
There are two types of people in this world: those who go through bubble tea withdrawal every few days, and those who vehemently hate the drink. The latter will shudder at the chewiness of the tapioca pearls, and complain about how drinks should not be "lumpy". I have a hard time understanding this textural phobia, [...]
Vietnamese Avocado Shake
One of the things I like best about Vietnam is the café culture. And by café, I mean any collection of plastic stools on the sidewalk, set up by an entrepreneurial local who mixes drinks for her neighbors. At any time of the day, along the streets of Saigon, Hanoi, Hoi An, etc., the Vietnamese [...]
Vietnamese Pomelo Salad
The first pomelo I bought this season was the size of a bowling ball. The other person in my house does not eat pomelo, and it took me 2 weeks to finish. Winter is pomelo season, and sure enough, these big fat babies are everywhere. It’s the grapefruit for people who don’t like grapefruit. The [...]
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