Vietnamese

Banh Mi Sandwich Andrea Recipe

Char Siu Chicken Banh Mi

Marinated and grilled chicken thighs are transfored into crispy, caramelized perfection. Quick pickles with daikon radishes and carrots, and sliced up jalapeños and herbs makes the ultimate banh mi, a now-classic Vietnamese sandwich.

Garlic Noodles

Vietnamese American Garlic Noodles

Here in the Bay Area, Asian Americans love garlic noodles. Black and Latino folks love garlic noodles. Indeed, once you start looking for garlic noodles, it seems, you find them everywhere. These noodles, based on the noodle dish originally created and served by Helene An at San Francisco’s Thanh Long […]

lemongrassgrilledlamb

Grilled Lemongrass Lamb Chops

These intensely aromatic grilled lamb chops from The Slanted Door in San Francisco are packed with the flavors of lemongrass, shallots, and Thai chiles. Lamb chops have plenty of fat, which can make them prone to flare-ups on the grill. Turn them often and move them around so they brown […]

springrolls

Spring Rolls

  Spring rolls or summer rolls are a Vietnamese delicacy known as “gỏi cuốn”. Depending on region, salad rolls were made differently. Some vegetarian families make vegetarian spring rolls rather than meat spring rolls. However, the typical ingredients include slivers of cooked pork (most often cha pork sausages), shrimp, sometimes […]

Kitchen Basics

Paleo Beef Pho

Traditional pho originated from Nam Dinh province on the northern Vietnamese coast, just 40 miles northwest of Hanoi. The dish was created during the 19th century French occupation—resulting in the permanent bonding of Vietnamese noodles and herbs with a French-influenced beef broth similar to pot-au-feu. In the 20th century, many […]