List of Vietnamese dishes

Canh chua

Pho and eggs in Ho Chi Minh city

This is a list of dishes found in Vietnamese cuisine.

Noodle dishes

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bánh canh			Noodle dish	Thick noodle[1][2]
Bánh hỏi		Bình Định Province	Noodle dish	Extremely thin noodles that are woven into intricate bundles and often topped with chopped scallions (spring onions) and a complementary meat dish[1]
Bánh phở			Noodles	Rice noodles
Bánh tằm cà ri		Cà Mau	Noodles	Spicy chicken curry over special rice noodles
Bún bò Huế		Thừa Thiên–Huế Province	Noodle soup	Huế style (hot and spicy) beef rice vermicelli soup with lemongrass and pork[3][4]
Bún chả		Hanoi	Noodle dish	Vermicelli noodles with grilled pork meatballs served over salad, herbs, bean sprouts, and sliced cucumbers
Bún măng vịt			Noodle soup	Bamboo shoots and duck noodle soup.[3]
Bún ốc				noodles with snails
Bún riêu		Red River Delta	Noodle soup	Rice vermicelli in a tomato and crab broth[3][5]
Bún Thịt Nướng			Noodle dish	Grilled pork (often shredded) and cold vermicelli noodles over a bed of greens (salad and sliced cucumber), herbs and bean sprouts. Also often includes a few chopped up egg rolls, spring onions, and shrimp. Served with roasted peanuts on top and a small bowl of nước chấm.[1][3][6]
Cao lầu		Quảng Nam Province	Noodle dish	Originated from Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam, mì quảng is adamant about maintaining a variety of colors and textures, featuring a pork and shrimp-based broth, the chewy yellow of the thick turmeric noodles, the bright green ribbons of lettuce, the soft earthy pork, the tenderness of the shrimp, the pleasant crunch of crushed peanut between your teeth, and the snap of the sesame-freckled rice crackers.
Cellophane noodles miến, bún tàu, bún tào			Noodles
Hủ tiếu		Southern Vietnam	Noodle soup	Chinese/Cambodian noodle soup traditionally consisting of rice noodles with pork broth.
Mì Quảng		Quảng Nam Province	Noodle dish	Ingredients often vary, but dishes most often consist of wide rice noodles served with little broth, pork chops, chicken, shrimp, vegetables, peanuts, and bánh tráng.
Mì xào dòn			Noodle dish	Deep-fried egg noodles, topped with seafood, vegetables, and a sauce
Phở		Hanoi	Noodle dish	Noodle soup served with various cuts of beef and onions.[5] Often eaten with basil, mint, lime, and bean sprouts
Rice noodles bánh canh, bánh phở			Noodles	Made from rice flour
Rice vermicelli bún			Noodles	A type of rice noodles

Dumplings

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bánh bá trạng			Dumpling	Bak Chang dumplings – like Chinese zongzi
Bánh bao			Dumpling	Ball-shaped bun filled with pork and/or other ingredients[2]
Bánh bột lọc			Dumpling	Wrapper made of tapioca starch packed with shrimp[2][4]
Bánh bột lọc trần			Dumpling	Dumplings with wrappers made of tapioca starch; similar to chaozhou fun guo
Bánh bột lọc lá		Thừa Thiên–Huế Province	Dumpling	Tiny rice flour dumplings stuffed with shrimp and ground pork and wrapped in a banana leaf; from Huế
Bánh cam		Southern Vietnam	Dumpling	Deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from southern Vietnam
Bánh ít			Dumpling	Small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls[2]
Bánh ít trần			Dumpling	"Naked" small stuffed glutinous rice flour balls
Bánh khúc			Dumpling	Glutinous rice ball
Bánh nậm		Thừa Thiên–Huế Province	Dumpling	Flat rice flour dumpling from Huế stuffed with minced pork and mushroom, and seasoned with pepper and spices; wrapped in a banana leaf[2]
Bánh phu thê		Bắc Ninh Province	Dumpling	Literally "husband and wife cake"; a sweet cake made of rice or tapioca flour and gelatin, filled with mung bean paste; also spelled bánh xu xê (su sê)
Bánh phu thê bột bán			Dumpling	Husband and wife cakes made with tapioca pearls
Bánh rán		Northern Vietnam	Dumpling	Deep-fried glutinous rice sesame balls filled with sweetened mung bean paste; from northern Vietnam[2][7]
Bánh tẻ		Hanoi	Dumpling	Small steamed rice cake wrapped with leaves of some local trees into a long, thin cylindrical shape, and boiled thoroughly.

Pancakes and sandwiches

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bánh bèo		Quảng Bình Province	Rice cake	Small steamed savory rice cakes[2]
Bánh bột lọc		Huế	Rice cake	Rice dumplings made in a clear rice flour batter stuffed with shrimp and ground pork. Cooked inside a banana leaf.
Bánh căn		Southern Vietnam	Egg dish	A southern specialty consisting of small pancakes made with quail eggs, cooked in small clay pans[1]
Bánh đúc			Rice or corn cake	Rice cake or corn cake eaten as a dessert or savory meal
Bánh khọt		Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province	Pancake	A southern specialty consisting of small, fried rice flour pancakes[2]
Bánh mì			Sandwich	Vietnamese sandwich[8]
Bánh rế		Bình Thuận Province	Pancake	Deep-fried pancake
Bánh xèo		Southern Vietnam	Crepe	Coconut milk-flavored crepes[1][2][9]

Rolls and rice papers

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bánh cuốn		Hanoi	Roll	Steamed rice roll[2][10]
Bánh tôm			Seafood dish	Shrimp patties[2]
Bánh tôm Hồ Tây		Hanoi	Seafood dish	A shrimp patty specialty originating from the area around West Lake (Tây Hồ), Hanoi
Bánh tráng		Central Vietnam, Binh Dinh	Rice paper	Rice paper
Bánh ướt		Khánh Hòa Province	Rice paper	Steamed rice paper[2]
Cha gio or Nem ran		Saigon	Roll	Fried pork spring rolls
Gỏi cuốn			Roll	Soft vermicelli summer roll
Món cuốn			Roll	Roll which includes a variety of ingredients rolled in rice paper (bánh tráng)
Popiah bò bía			Roll	Spring roll wrapped in a soft, thin paper-like crepe or pancake made from wheat flour
Trảng Bàng dew-wetted rice paper bánh tráng phơi sương Trảng Bàng		Tây Ninh Province	Rice paper	Wetted rice paper

Soups and cháo (congees)

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bird's nest soup súp yến sào			Soup	Bird's nest soup
Canh chua		Mekong Delta	Soup	Hot and sour soup
Chạo tôm		Thừa Thiên–Huế Province		Barbecued shrimp paste/mousse on a sugar cane stick
Congee cháo			Rice dish	Rice porridge
Lẩu			Hot pot	Spicy sour soup with assorted vegetables, meats, and seafood
Súp măng cua			Soup	Asparagus-crab combination soup
Thịt Kho Tàu			Soup/Stew	Fatty pork and eggs braised in coconut milk

Other dishes

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Balut trứng vịt lộn or hột vịt lộn			Egg dish	Fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell
Bánh				"Cake" or "bread"
Bánh chưng		Northern Vietnam	Rice dish	Square-shaped steamed glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in a Phrynium placentarium leaf (lá dong)[2] The dish is a traditionally served around Vietnamese New Year to be eaten with pickled leeks
Bánh đa			Rice dish	Called Bánh tráng nướng in the South, large round flat rice crackers
Bánh gối			Stuffed pastry	Deep fried pastry stuffed with cellophane noodles, minced pork, cloud ear fungus and thin slices of chinese sausage[7]
Bánh lá		Hue	Rice dish	Parcel of a variety of rice stuffed with some fillings and wrapped in a leaf or leaves.
Black pudding dồi tiết' (Northern) or dồi huyết (Southern)			Sausage	Blood sausage
Bò 7 món		Saigon	Meat dish	7 courses of beef
Cassava-based dishes
Chả			Sausage	Sausage
Cốm		Red River Delta	Rice dish	Young rice, roasted and wrapped in lotus leaves; the accompaniment is ripened bananas
Cơm nắm			Rice dish	Rice "sandwiches"
Cơm tấm			Rice dish	Warm broken rice often served with a slab of grilled pork chop marinated in sugar and fish sauce (sườn), a slice of steamed pork loaf topped with egg yolks (chả trứng hấp), and a mixture of pork skin and thinly shredded pork (bì).
Giò lụa			Sausage	A pork sausage, similar to Bologna sausage
Hủ Tiếu Bò Kho			Meat dish	Beef and vegetable stew[1]
Lò trấu				Fixed Rice Husk Stove
Nem chua			Meat dish	Cured fermented pork
Ô mai			Fruit dish	Snack made from salted dried apricot or sugared dried apricot
Ốc bươu nhồi thịt			Meat dish	Minced snail mixed with ground pork, carrot, black mushroom stuffed in snail shell
Rousong chà bông			Meat dish	Meat floss
Thit Bo Cuon La Lot			Meat dish	Ground beef wrapped in lolot (NEVER grape leaves)
Tiết canh				Blood
Xôi			Rice dish	Sweet (ngọt) or savory (mặn) dish made from glutinous rice and other ingredients.
You tiao quẩy			Doughnut	A long, golden-brown, deep fried strip of dough

Sweet cakes and desserts

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bánh bò			Dessert	"Cow cake", made from glutinous rice flour and coconut milk, with a honeycomb-like texture[2]
Bánh cáy		Thái Bình	Dessert	Rectangular-shaped sweet dessert made by roasting and grinding glutinous rice and other ingredients
Bánh da lợn			Dessert	Colored steamed layer cake made from tapioca starch, rice flour, coconut milk and/or water, sugar, and other ingredients
Bánh chuối			Dessert	Banana cake[7]
Bánh Flan			Dessert
Bánh kẹp lá dứa			Dessert	Pandan and coconut flavored waffle eaten plain
Bánh khoai mì			Dessert	Sweet cassava cake
Bánh pía		Sóc Trăng Province	Dessert	Teochew-style with durian
Bánh tét		Southern Vietnam	Rice dish	Log-shaped cylindrical glutinous rice cake, wrapped in a banana leaf and filled with a meat or vegetarian filling
Bánh tiêu			Dessert	Hollow doughnuts
Bánh trung thu			Dessert	Mooncake[2]
Chè			Dessert	Sweet dessert soup or pudding[1][11]
Chè trôi nước		Southern Vietnam	Dessert	Dessert consisting of balls made from mung bean paste wrapped in a shell made of glutinous rice flour.
Chendol chè bánh lọt			Dessert	Coconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar
Chuối Chiên			Dessert	Banana fried in a batter
Coconut candy kẹo dừa		Bến Tre Province	Dessert	Candy made with coconut milk and coconut cream
Cơm rượu		Southern Vietnam	Dessert	Dessert from Southern Vietnam, made from glutinous rice
Sữa chua			Dessert	Yogurt made with condensed milk
Douhua tào phớ			Tofu dish	Soybean pudding
Grass jelly thạch đen			Dessert	Made by boiling the aged and slightly oxidized stalks and leaves of Mesona chinensis (member of the mint family) with potassium carbonate for several hours with a little starch and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency
Mè xửng Huế		Thừa Thiên–Huế Province	Dessert	A chewy candy originally from the city of Huế, made with boiled down cane sugar, (into a soft and thick solid), coated with sesame seeds, and usually containing peanuts.
Tangyuan bánh trôi		Northern Vietnam	Rice dish	Boiled Glutinous rice balls – also called bánh chay; literally "floating cake") – served together with bánh chay[11]
Tapioca pudding chè chuối			Dessert	Made from bananas and tapioca
Taro cake bánh khoai môn			Dessert	Taro cake[7]
Thạch rau câu or sương sa			Dessert	Gelatin dessert
Rượu nếp		Northern Vietnam	Dessert	Sweet dessert made from black glutinous rice.
Sâm bổ lượng		Saigon	Soup	Sweet, cold soup

Condiments and sauces

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Fish sauce nước mắm			Condiment	A condiment that is derived from fish that have been allowed to ferment
Maggi		Saigon	Condiment	Seasoning and for a quick "Maggi and Rice" dish common for the working class.
Hoisin sauce tương đen			Condiment	A popular condiment for phở in Ho Chi Minh City
Nước chấm			Condiment	Dipping sauce
Peanut sauce tương đậu phộng			Condiment	Used in cuốn diếp
Shrimp paste mắm tôm			Condiment	Shrimp paste
Soy sauce xì dầu or nước tương			Condiment	Condiment produced from fermented soybeans
Tương			Condiment	Condiments made from fermented bean paste

Beverages

Name	Image	Region	Type	Description
Bia hơi			Beverage	Fresh beer
Chanh muối			Beverage	Salty limeade[11]
Hue Beer		Thừa Thiên–Huế Province	Beverage
Nước mía			Beverage	Sugar cane juice often mixed with kumquat juice[12]
Nước sâm			Beverage	Iced ginseng drink
Nước sắn dây hoa bưởi			Beverage	Made of kudzu and pomelo flower extract.
Rau má			Beverage	Iced pennywort juice often sweetened
Rượu cần		Tây Nguyên and Tây Bắc	Beverage	Rice wine
Rượu đế		Mekong Delta	Beverage	Rice liquor
Rượu thuốc			Beverage	Medicinal liquor
Snake wine rượu rắn			Beverage
Soda sữa hột gà			Beverage	Iced soda with egg, sugar and milk
Soy milk sữa đậu nành			Beverage	Beverage made from soybeans
Vietnamese iced coffee cà phê sữa đá			Beverage
Vietnamese lotus tea trà sen, chè sen, or chè ướp sen			Beverage	A type of green tea produced in Vietnam that has been flavored with the scent of Nelumbo nucifera
Vietnamese tea trà Việt			Beverage	Green tea, similar to Keemun and Yunnan, but more sweet
Vietnamese wine			Beverage

Unsorted

• Bánh giầy

See also

• Vietnamese cuisine
• List of Vietnamese culinary specialities
• List of Vietnamese ingredients

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuisine of Vietnam.

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• List of Vietnamese dishes at DMOZ
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