Vietnamese Recipes

Home-cooked Vietnamese recipes, pantry guides, sauces, and dishes built for real kitchens. These recipes come from 17 years of eating, cooking, filming, and learning Vietnam through its markets, street stalls, restaurants, and everyday meals.

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Cơm Gà Hội An Recipe: Central Vietnam’s Golden Chicken Rice

Bò lúc lắc combines tender seared beef cubes with crisp peppers, onion, garlic, and black pepper. Serve this Vietnamese shaking beef with fresh vegetables and lime pepper sauce.

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Bò Lúc Lắc Recipe: Vietnamese Shaking Beef

Bò lúc lắc combines tender seared beef cubes with crisp peppers, onion, garlic, and black pepper. Serve this Vietnamese shaking beef with fresh vegetables and lime pepper sauce.

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Bò Kho Recipe: Vietnamese Beef Stew With Lemongrass And Star Anise

Bò kho is Vietnam’s aromatic beef stew, simmered with lemongrass, star anise, warm spices, carrots, and a red-orange broth made for baguette or noodles.

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Bún Bò Huế Recipe: Central Vietnam’s Spicy Beef Noodle Soup

Bún bò Huế is Central Vietnam’s bold, spicy beef noodle soup with red lemongrass broth, thick rice noodles, sliced beef, pork hock, herbs, lime, and chili.

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Phở Bò Recipe: Northern Vietnam’s Classic Beef Noodle Soup

This Northern-style phở bò recipe builds Vietnam’s classic beef noodle soup around clear beef broth, wide bánh phở noodles, sliced beef, charred aromatics, warm spices, scallions, cilantro, and a clean, broth-focused finish.