Duck

whole duck, about 4.5 lbs (2 kg) • green cabbage • carrot • onion • ginger • Some fresh herbs, green onions, and cilantro • rice (about 100 grams)

large duck • duck blood (optional) • ginger, salt, white wine • Seasonings: chili powder, fresh chili, chicken bouillon powder, sugar, black pepper, fish sauce • Hue-style fermented shrimp paste (mix the paste with a bowl of cold water and stir to dissolve) • cooking oil • shallots (or small onions), a few purple onions • Herbs: green onions, Vietnamese coriander (rau răm) • Noodles: 2 cups tapioca starch (about 250 grams), salt, boiling water

Ground pork: 10 1/2 oz (300 grams) - Pork tenderloin: 7 oz (200 grams) - Fresh shrimp: 7 oz (200 grams) - Pork liver: 7 oz (200 grams) - Pork bones: 1.1 lbs (500 grams) - Dried shrimp shells: 10 1/2 oz (300 grams) - Duck eggs: 5 - Dried pork skin: 3 1/2 oz (100 grams) • Wonton wrappers: 50 pieces - Wonton noodles: 2.2 lbs (1 kg) - Mustard greens: 3 bunches - Dried shiitake mushrooms: 1 3/4 oz (50 grams) - Fresh chives: 7 oz (200 grams) - Wood ear mushrooms: 1 3/4 oz (50 grams) - Seasonings: salt, MSG, sugar, fish sauce, ground black pepper, dried shallots

duck eggs • Black pepper • wild betel leaves (about 200 grams) • Lard or cooking oil • garlic clove • Fish sauce, MSG (optional)

Mi Quang noodles (about 1 kg) • duck • duck blood curd (about 500 grams) • grilled rice crackers • roasted peanuts (about 100 grams) • fried shallots (about 50 grams) • fermented shrimp paste • Seasonings (salt, sugar, chicken bouillon powder, MSG, fish sauce, annatto oil, cooking oil) • Shallots, ginger, garlic

(1) Ingredients for vegan roast duck: • dried bean curd skin (yuba) • firm tofu • wood ear mushrooms • shiitake mushrooms (or substitute with any available mushrooms) • Seasonings: soy sauce, vegetarian bouillon powder, five-spice powder, sugar, vegetarian oyster sauce • Mei Kuei Lu cooking wine, apple cider vinegar • dried banh hoi rice vermicelli • Vegetarian fish sauce

whole duck • white rice, plus a small handful of sticky rice for a creamier congee (about 200 grams total) • straw mushrooms • small shallots • garlic • fresh chili peppers • carrot • shredded water spinach and banana blossom or cabbage • Herbs to serve with congee: mint, Vietnamese coriander, sawtooth herb (culantro) • ginger • green onions • fried shallots (or 4-6 shallots to make your own fried shallots)

minced shallots (about 15 grams) • chopped scallion whites (about 20 grams) • small onion, minced • dried wood ear mushrooms, soaked until soft • glass noodles or mung bean vermicelli (about 100 grams), or use 1.75 ounces glass noodles (50 grams) and 1.75 ounces jicama (50 grams) for a fluffier texture • ground pork (about 100 grams) • pork paste (about 180 grams) • finely minced pork fat (about 50 grams) • duck eggs • Salt, black pepper, sugar, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, soy sauce, white wine or Chinese rose wine, annatto oil

whole duck, cleaned and cut into large pieces (remove head, neck, and wings) • coconut water (about 1.1 liters) to keep the broth sweet and not sour • Quang-style noodles (about 1 kg) • Roasted peanuts, ginger fish sauce, lettuce, fresh mint • Cooking oil, rock sugar, salt, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce • Annatto oil, minced garlic, minced shallots, minced ginger, chili satay

jasmine rice and glutinous rice, mixed 1:1 (about 100 grams total) • small butternut squash • salted duck egg • green onion • garlic chives • small onion • ground black pepper • MSG (optional)

Pho noodles • Duck giblets (such as heart, liver, gizzard) • Baby bok choy • Carrot (or substitute with cabbage, bean sprouts, or garlic chives as you like) • Sugar, MSG, fish sauce, oyster sauce, black pepper, garlic, shallot, green onion

whole duck • sugar • soy sauce • caramel sauce • malt syrup • MSG • fish sauce • five-spice powder • chili powder or chili satay (add more if you like it spicy) • shallots, 6 garlic cloves, juiced (or use onion powder and garlic powder) • dried banh hoi rice vermicelli • scallions •

Duck • Shredded water spinach • Vietnamese coriander, herbs & any other greens you and your family like • bamboo shoots • Shallots, garlic, ginger, chili • Large onion • Ginger • Chicken bouillon powder, seasoning, fish sauce

chicken breast (about 450 grams) • water (100 ml) • tapioca starch • chicken bouillon powder • sugar (optional) • small jicama or 1 large jicama • dried wood ear mushrooms (about 15 grams) • dried glass noodles or cellophane noodles (about 25 grams) • large eggs (or duck eggs) • water • tapioca starch

duck eggs • Da Lat potatoes • Green onions, pepper, fish sauce • fresh milk • fish sauce

pork belly • duck eggs (or chicken eggs) • large pieces of fermented tofu • fermented tofu liquid • minced shallots • fish sauce • MSG • sugar • pepper

pork belly, cut into cubes • chicken or duck eggs • star anise • finger-sized cinnamon sticks • coriander seeds • Sichuan peppercorns • cloves • cilantro roots • bay leaves • palm sugar • soy sauce • Golden Mountain Sauce (optional) •

ground pork (choose pork with 30-40% fat) (500 grams) • fresh shrimp, peeled and roughly chopped (300 grams) • dried wood ear mushrooms, soaked until soft, then thinly sliced or finely chopped • glass noodles or bean thread noodles, soaked until soft and cut into 3-4 inch pieces (7-10 cm) • carrot, shredded • small taro root, shredded • fresh mint or cilantro, leaves picked and finely chopped • shallot, finely chopped • duck eggs or large chicken eggs • green bean spring roll wrappers (enough for 30 rolls) • chicken bouillon powder • oyster sauce •

ground freshwater crab (about 300 grams, available at Asian supermarkets) • tomatoes • Fried tofu • pork bones (about 1/2 kg, or bones with some meat) • pork blood pudding • large egg (chicken or duck) • fresh rice vermicelli noodles (about 1 kg) • Fresh herbs, shredded water spinach, green onions • shrimp paste • Shallots, minced garlic • Annatto oil • tamarind pods

rice paper sheets • beer • ground pork (300 grams) • medium potatoes • duck eggs • kohlrabi • carrot • shiitake mushrooms • wood ear mushrooms • cellophane noodles (bean thread noodles) • scallions, cilantro • fish sauce, seasoning powder

Chinese sausage (about 200 g) • cold cooked rice • green beans (about 100 g) • seasoning powder • soy sauce • sesame oil • black pepper • duck egg or chicken egg

Grilled Pork with Lemongrass and Fermented Shrimp Paste • Stir-Fried Winter Melon with Duck Giblets • Malabar Spinach and Luffa Soup with Shrimp and Pork • Chilled Star Apple Dessert

uncooked rice (about 300 grams) • pork shoulder or pork leg (about 300 grams) • pork belly (about 150 grams) • fresh shrimp (about 150 grams) • Vietnamese pork sausage (cha lua) (about 150 grams) • Hue-style fermented pork roll (nem chua) • duck eggs • mixed fresh herbs (such as cilantro, mint, and basil) (about 200 grams)

Tài Ký coconut bánh xèo mix (or any coconut bánh xèo mix) • For the batter: Water, olive oil, 1 chicken or duck egg, salt, onion or shallot, green onion, saffron (I used saffron for color since I was out of turmeric, but the mix already contains turmeric) • For the filling: Jicama, beef, bean sprouts, black pepper, salt, soy sauce • Fresh herbs, rice paper, fish sauce for serving

For the Grilled Pork Chops: • pork loin chops • Shallots, garlic, lemongrass (finely chopped), seasonings, cooking oil • sweetened condensed milk • For the Egg Meatloaf: • duck eggs • ground pork (100 grams) • cellophane noodles (bean thread noodles) • wood ear mushrooms (black fungus) • Shallots, green onion bulbs • salted egg yolks • Seasonings: fish sauce, black pepper, sugar •

ground pork (100 grams) • duck eggs • dried wood ear mushrooms • small bundle of glass noodles (bean thread noodles) • Shallots, chili peppers • Salt, sugar, black pepper, chicken bouillon powder • little annatto oil for color (optional) • pork (pork chops or ribs) (1 kg) • Onion, garlic, salt, sugar, chicken bouillon powder, soy sauce • Fried egg (sunny side up) • Pickled carrots • Cucumber, tomato •

pork spare ribs (about 200 grams) • large dried shrimp (about 100 grams) • fresh rice vermicelli noodles (about 500 grams) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • tomatoes, cut into wedges • fried tofu (about 200 grams) • Chopped green onions and cilantro • Lettuce, Vietnamese balm, bean sprouts, perilla, and fish mint • Shredded water spinach and shredded banana blossom • tube shrimp roe paste • Vietnamese pork sausage (chả lụa) • duck eggs •

Pork leg bones (or pork soup bones), fried tofu • Dried shrimp (about 3.5 oz / 100 grams), 1 duck egg, ground pork (about 3.5 oz / 100 grams), • Freshwater crab (about 10.5 oz / 300 grams), rice vermicelli noodles 2.2 lbs (1 kg), tamarind (about 3.5 oz / 100 grams) • Seasonings: sugar, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, salt, annatto oil • Vegetables: tomatoes, banana blossom, shredded water spinach, culantro, bean sprouts

pork bones (about 500 grams) • Fish cake, pork skin cake • duck egg • Coconut milk • Mi Quang noodles • Green onions, bean sprouts

ground pork (500 grams) • wood ear mushrooms (250 grams) • carrots • fresh duck eggs • spring roll wrappers • Green onions, fresh basil • Seasonings: bouillon powder, sugar, black pepper, MSG • Dipping sauce: minced garlic, sugar, vinegar, chopped chili, good-quality fish sauce • Fresh rice vermicelli noodles • Assorted fresh herbs and lettuce