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Photo credits: All food photography by Heinz von Holzen Other photos by Doan Duc Minh (page 6); Hans Kemp (page 4), Tim Hall (page 8); R. Ian Lloyd (page 15), Luca Tettoni (pages 11); Catherine Karnow (pages 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13). Cover illustration by Nguyen Thi Tarn Illustration on page 10 courtesy of Leonard de Silva, Paris
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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 70
Sweet and Sour Fish Soup 71
Stuffed