Canh Chua

Goi Ga

Ca Kho To

Goi Bo-Beef and Tripe Salad

Ingredients:

Beef-thinly sliced
Beef Tripe
White onion
Basil
Fish sauce, sugar, lime, chili, coco rico

Preparations:
1. Thinly sliced the onion and put in vinegar/sugar mixture and set aside.
2. Thinly slice beef tripe, quickly blanch and put in cold icy water and set aside.
3. Quickly blanch the beef slices....not to overcook them. Then cut into matchsticks.
4. In a bowl, make the sauce (1 TBS fish sauce, 1TBS lime, 1 TBS sugar, 2 cloves of minced garlic, 1tsp chili, 1TBS coco rico...adjust to taste).
5. Drain the onion and put in a big bowl, add the drained beef tripe, add the beef, and the fish sauce mixture, and last add the thinly sliced basil. Mix and enjoy.

Ca Thu Sot Ca Chua-King Mackerel in Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

-King Mackerel Slices

-Tomatoes

-fish sauce, sugar, black pepper

1. Season the king mackerel slices with salt and pepper on both sides....set aside for about half an hour.

2. In a pan, add about half an inch of oil, add in the mackerel slices to fry. Do not flip the fish until it's ready or else it will stick to the pan.

3. Flip the fish to fry the other side. When fish is fully cook, remove and put on a plate with a paper towel to drain the oil.

4. Meanwhile, in another pot, add in a little pit of olive oil, add garlic and stir fry until fragrant.

5. Add tomatoes into the pot, season with fish sauce, sugar to taste.

6. Simmer the tomatoes with a covered lid until the tomatoes break down. Stir occasionally.

7. When the tomatoes break down, open lid and let it boils to reduce the water. Get the sauce to the consistency that you like. Add in black pepper.

8. Arrange the fish on a plate, pour the tomatoe mixture over the fish. Enjoy with rice.

Thit Bo Xao Cari-Curry Beef Stir Fry

Ingredients:

-Any cut of beef for stir fry, preferably filet mignon for more tender results

-one half of an onion cut into wedges

-few stalks of scallions cut into 2 inch sections

-madras curry powder

-lemongrass

-hot chili pepper

-garlic

-fish sauce, sugar, pepper

1. Slice the beef thinly against the grain. Put in bowl

2. Add minced garlic, curry powder, chopped lemongrass, chili peppers, fish sauce, sugar, black pepper to the beef.

3. Let marinade for at least half an hour. Can be up until a day.

4. Heat oil, add garlic, add in beef and stir fry on very high heat briefly until beef cooks. Do not cook beef too long it will become tough.

5. Remove the beef from pan and set aside.

6. In the same pan, add in a bit more oil, add in the white onion and stir fry until almost soft, add in the chilip peppers and the scallions and stir fry some more for about a minute.

7. Add the beef back in and briefly mix it.

8. Serve hot with rice.

Kho Qua Xao Trung- Bittermelon Stir Fry with Eggs

Ingredients:

3 Bittermelons

3 Eggs

4 cloves of garlic

fish sauce, sugar, pepper

1. Cut bittermelon in half and scoop out the inside. Then thinly slice.

2. In a bowl, add a few drops of fish sauce and a small pinch of sugar, add the eggs and beat.

3. Heat oil in pan, add garlic, stir fry until fragrant, add bittermelon, season with fish sauce and sugar. Stir fry until the bittermelon is almost cook.

4. Add in the eggs and stir fry until eggs are cooked and not runny anymore.

5. Turn off the heat and sprinkle black pepper and mix well.

6. Transfer to plate....serve hot with rice.