Dinner

Carrots • Potatoes • Ground pork • Pork • Eggs

chicken breast (500 g) • corn • little crispy frying flour • fish sauce (30 ml) • heaping tablespoon chili sauce (about 15 ml) • scant tablespoon sugar (about 12 g)

Pork shoulder (just enough since you’ll also have spring rolls and fermented pork rolls) • Crispy spring rolls and fermented pork rolls (store-bought) • Cucumber • Carrot • Shallots, green onions • Butter lettuce and fresh herbs of your choice

beef sirloin (about 350 grams) • cauliflower • broccoli • Some minced garlic, green onions, black pepper, fish sauce, seasoning powder

Pork hock • Carrots • Potatoes • Cabbage (use as much or as little as you like) • Seasonings: MSG, bouillon powder, salt, fish sauce, sugar, black pepper, chili pepper, green onions, cilantro

eggs • Red cabbage • Green cabbage • Roasted peanuts and toasted sesame seeds • plain unsweetened yogurt (about 45 grams) • vinegar • salt • black pepper • olive oil • garlic

basa fish, pre-cut • broccoli • pineapple, pre-cut • carrot • gourd (opo squash) • cabbage • green onions • fresh coconut water • Chili peppers, garlic • coconut caramel sauce • fish sauce • sugar •

whole chicken (about 2.2 lbs/1 kg) • Serves about 4 people as a main dish for the day • Finely chopped shallots and garlic, fresh lemongrass, fresh chili peppers, fish sauce, sugar, and MSG

threadfin fish • chili salt • Cooking oil

whole chicken (about 3.3 lbs or 1.5 kg) • chili powder (the kind used for grilled sausage) • Seasonings

broccoli • chicken breast (150 g) • Pumpkin • Mushrooms

ground pork (500 g) • Thai basil leaves • oyster sauce (30 ml) • soy sauce (30 ml) • sugar (12 g) • fish sauce (15 ml) • cloves garlic • red chili peppers • lime • cooking oil (30 ml)

celery • broccoli • carrot • onion

good-quality fish sauce (45 ml) • cold water (45 ml) • sugar (25 grams) • minced garlic (5 grams) • MSG (optional) • lime, a few chili peppers

cleaned, skinned frogs (ask your butcher to prepare them) • lemongrass • green onions, 5 cloves garlic • Chili satay sauce • Oyster sauce • Fish sauce, sugar, MSG, chili sauce • Optional: serve with baguette

firm tofu • tom yum sauce • sugar • soy sauce • small handful of fresh basil leaves • Enough vegetable oil for deep frying • water

fresh frog (about 1 kg) • taro stems (bạc hà) • giang leaves (lá giang) • chili peppers

garlic scapes (about 300 g) • bell pepper • Fish cake (use as much as you like) • Seasonings

whole chicken (about 3 lbs or 1.4 kg) • chili salt • cucumbers • Vietnamese coriander (rau răm)

fresh garlic scapes, a few slices of ginger • salt, 1 tablespoon MSG, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce

cobia fish • lemongrass • salt • MSG (optional) • chili powder • hot chili pepper

ground pork (300 g) • scallions (50 g) • Seasonings

boneless chicken thigh (or 1 chicken breast) • red bell pepper • yellow bell pepper • oyster sauce • green peppercorns • lemongrass • small piece ginger • tempura flour (about 16 grams) • vegetable oil for frying (about 1 cup/240 ml) • little green onion or cilantro

pork skin (about 150 g) • salt (2 g) • ginger, smashed (about 0.35 oz / 10 g) • ice water (500 ml) • pork paste (about 300 g) • fish sauce (5 ml) • MSG (1 g) • ground black pepper (1 g) • whole black peppercorns (1 g) • garlic powder (1 g) • green bird’s eye chilies (or to taste) • banana leaves

dry macaroni (about 200 grams) • beef sirloin (about 300 grams) • garlic bulb • small onion, thinly sliced lengthwise • scallions • Cilantro • carrot, julienned • Sesame oil • Potato starch • oyster sauce • soy sauce • sugar •

Chinese broccoli, prepped (about 200 g) • dried wood ear mushrooms (about 10 g) • small shallot or 1 stalk leek (white part only) • garlic (optional) • soy sauce (about 22 ml) • vegetable oil (about 15 ml) • sesame oil (about 5 ml) • salt • ground black pepper • Ice cubes, enough to chill the vegetables

Crispy Fried Chicken Rice • Winter Melon Soup with Dried Shrimp and Seaweed • Turmeric Rice • Cucumber and Tomato • Honeydew Melon

Green cabbage • Dried shrimp • Fish sauce, salt, MSG, black pepper

chicken feet (about 1 kg) • Fish sauce • Sugar • Vinegar • Lemongrass, lime leaves, chili peppers, shallots, culantro, whole milk

potatoes (about 70 grams; you can also use taro or a mix of both) • fresh mushrooms (about 50 grams; use straw mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, or button mushrooms) • curry powder • broccoli florets (about 70 grams) • eggplant • raw cashews (about 50 grams) • unsweetened milk (about 250 ml) • Vegetarian bouillon or seasoning • lemongrass