Contents

       Food in Vietnam 5

       The Imperial Cuisine 11

       The Ascending Dragon 13

       Homestyle Vietnamese Cooking 14

       Cooking Methods 16

       Authentic Vietnamese Ingredients 18

      Basic Recipes

       Preserved Mixed Vegetables 25

       Preserved Mustard Greens 25

       Pickled Spring Onions 25

       Pickled Bean Sprouts 25

       Carrot and Radish Pickles 25

       Preserved Cabbage 26

       Fish Sauce Dip 26

       Fermented Anchovy Dip 26

       Yellow Bean Sauce 26

       Peanut Sauce 26

       Soy Sauce Dip 26

       Tomato Sauce 27

       Sweet and Sour Sauce 27

       Caramel Syrup 27

       Salt, Pepper and Lime Mix 27

       Chicken Stock 27

       Beef Stock 27

       Vegetable Stock 27

      Appetizers and Snacks

       Pork Rice Paper Rolls 28

       Shrimp Rice Paper Rolls 28

       Vietnamese Spring Rolls 31

       Grilled Beef Rolls 33

       Hue Spring Rolls 33

       Steamed Fresh Rice Flour Rolls 34

       Shrimp Mousse on a Sugar Cane Skewer 36

       Vietnamese Steamed Egg with Pork and Fungus 36

       Hue Shrimp and Vegetable Pancakes 39

       Vietnamese Pork Sausage with fungus 40

       Cured Sour Pork Sausage with Garlic 40

      Salads

       Lotus Stem Salad with Shrimp 42

       Squid Salad 43

       Young Jackfruit Salad 44

       Shrimp and Green Mango Salad 46

       Pomelo Salad 46

       Cabbage Salad with Chicken 49

       Braised Mushrooms with Soy Sauce 49

      Soups

       Beef and Pork Leg Soup 51

       Hanoi Chicken Noodle Soup 52

       Beef Noodle Soup 54

       Crab Soup with Tofu and Rice Noodles 57

       Cabbage Roll Soup 58

       Preserved Pork Head Meat 58

       Clam Soup with Starfruit and Herbs 60

      Vegetables and Rice

       Grilled Eggplant Salad with Crabmeat 62

       Fried Tofu with Lemongrass and Five Spice 64

       Stir-fried Vegetables with Fish Sauce 64

       Pumpkin Braised in Coconut Milk 67

       Stir-fried Water Spinach with Yellow Bean Sauce 67

       Clam Rice 68

       Imperial Fried Rice 68

      Seafood

       Vietnamese Fish Stew