Stew

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

eggplants (about 1 1/2 pounds or 680 grams) • king oyster mushrooms (about 6 ounces or 170 grams) • large tomato • Perilla leaves, wild betel leaves, shallot • Basic seasonings (such as fish sauce, soy sauce, salt, or vegetarian seasoning)

chicken leg quarter • carrots, chopped (about 200 grams) • beets, chopped (about 200 grams) • daikon radish, chopped (about 200 grams) • corn kernels (about 100 grams) • dried red dates (jujubes) • small shallot • water (1 liter) • salt • sprigs of cilantro

ground beef (200 grams) • minced garlic • dried oregano • seasoning powder or bouillon • MSG (optional) • sugar • oyster sauce • black pepper • lemon juice • medium onion • bell pepper • medium carrot •

beef short ribs (800 grams) • potatoes, 1 carrot • tomatoes • beef stew seasoning mix (such as Barona, or any beef stew seasoning)

beef brisket or flank (about 250 g) • water (about 500 ml) • tomatoes • lemongrass • carrot • potatoes • Garlic • beef stew seasoning mix (this makes it really convenient so you don’t have to buy a lot of different spices) • Cilantro • Tapioca starch

beef brisket (about 700 grams) • carrots • lemongrass • beef stew seasoning oil • onion • Fresh herbs, culantro • bean sprouts (about 200 grams) • hu tieu noodles (about 500 grams) • Seasonings, tapioca starch

beef brisket (about 1 kg) • carrots • onion • lemongrass • fresh coconut • beef stew seasoning oil (bò kho seasoning oil)

vegetarian beef • carrot • potato • cauliflower • onion • pho noodles • tapioca starch mixed with water (about 240 ml) • Celery, bean sprouts, garlic, chili, seasonings to taste

beef shank (about 1 kg) • beef stew seasoning • lemongrass • fresh coconut water (about 500 ml) • carrots • onions • star anise pods • garlic & 5 shallots, finely minced • ginger, sliced • fish sauce (30 ml) • seasoning powder (30 ml) • sugar (30 ml) •

beef brisket (about 1 kg) • beef tendon (about 0.5 kg) • Beef bones • Ginger, shallots • Star anise, cinnamon sticks, black cardamom, bay leaves, lemongrass • Scallions, cilantro, culantro, onion • Sugar, bouillon powder, fish sauce, black pepper, five-spice powder • Pho noodles

beef brisket with tendon (500 grams) • carrot • bo kho seasoning, cornstarch, annatto oil, tomato sauce • daikon radish • fresh coconut (for coconut water) • Lemongrass, ginger, shallots, fresh chili, and garlic • Seasonings: salt, cooking oil, sugar, black pepper, MSG • Fresh basil, sawtooth herb (culantro), onion • About 10–14 oz dried hu tieu noodles (300–400 grams), adjust to your preference

salmon (about 9–10.5 oz or 250–300 grams) • salt • vegetable oil • shallots • –5 chili peppers • fish sauce • light brown sugar • fresh coconut water or water (about 60 ml) • ground black pepper • green onion

Grass carp: 2.2 lbs (1 kg) (I used home-raised fish with firm, delicious meat) • galangal root, medium size, about 7 oz (200 g) • ginger • pork belly • Fish sauce, seasoned salt, black pepper, sugar, shallots, scallions • Fresh chili pepper, 1 small stalk lemongrass, cooking oil

black carp, cut into pieces (about 1.5 kg) • pork belly, cut into cubes (about 300 g) • sugar • seasoning powder or salt • MSG (optional) • fish sauce • oyster sauce • Ground black pepper • ground galangal (about 100 g) • shallots • garlic • lemongrass •

Snakehead fish, catfish, or similar firm white fish • pork belly (about 200 grams) • young coconut (for coconut water) • Green onions, garlic, chili peppers • Seasonings: fish sauce, caramel sauce (nước hàng), chicken bouillon powder, ground black pepper, cooking oil

Mackerel, sliced • Minced shallots • Julienned ginger • Black pepper • Chili pepper • fish sauce (15 ml) • seasoning powder (or chicken bouillon) (15 ml) • sugar (13 grams) • MSG (optional) (6 grams) • Cooking oil • Green onions

Fresh fish (carp, grass carp, black carp, etc.), firm flesh, over 6 1/2 lbs (over 3 kg) • pork belly (about 1 kg) • shallots • garlic • large pieces of old galangal (the older, the more fragrant) • large piece of ginger • White rice wine • Annatto oil • Homemade caramel sauce (do not use store-bought, as it’s too dark and lacks aroma; make it by caramelizing sugar) • Oyster sauce, fish sauce, seasoning powder, MSG, cooking oil, soy sauce

large, fresh piece of black carp (preferably the belly section) • pork belly (about 300 grams) • Galangal, ginger, 4 shallots, scallions • Sugar • Oyster sauce, annatto oil, fish sauce, seasoning powder, MSG

freshwater fish (this time I used grass carp) • Pork belly (the fattier, the better) • Seasonings: galangal, ginger, turmeric, shallots, sugar, fish sauce, chicken bouillon powder

small eggplants (about 1 lb/450 grams) • catfish (about 450 grams) • pork belly (about 100 grams) • fried tofu squares • onion, green onions, garlic • tomatoes • shiitake mushrooms • zucchini squash • fermented fish sauce • small bowl perilla leaves, chopped

Carp or grass carp (I used basa fish in the photo) • Shallots, oyster sauce, lemongrass, caramel sauce (nước hàng), fish sauce, black pepper, seasoning powder, fresh chili, chili paste (sa tế), sugar

snakehead fish (about 500 grams) • shallots + 1 clove garlic (finely minced) • Sugar • Caramel sauce (for color) • Seasoning powder (or chicken bouillon) • Salt • Black pepper • Fish sauce

pomfret or other firm white fish (about 600 grams) • finely chopped onion and garlic (about 60 grams) • medium yellow onion

catfish (about 1.1 lbs/500 grams) • pork fat (about 100 grams, for rendering fat to braise the fish) • bird’s eye chilies • Chopped onion, chopped garlic, chopped scallion whites • Caramel sauce for braising fish • Seasonings: salt, black pepper, sugar, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce

cleaned tilapia (about 500 grams) • fish sauce • sugar • minced garlic and shallots • whole black peppercorns • ground black pepper • pork fat or cooking oil • Caramel sauce, MSG (optional), green onions, chili peppers, ginger

fish steaks (about 1 kg) • Black pepper, galangal, lemongrass, fish sauce

whole fish (such as perch, carp, grass carp, or silver carp—use your favorite): • Sugar, turmeric powder, ginger, chili pepper, Vietnamese betel leaves (lá mơ), fish sauce, salt

catfish steak, cleaned • pork belly (about 200 grams) • scallions, garlic, chili peppers, black pepper, sugar, fish sauce, salt, chicken bouillon powder

Salmon • Shallots • Chili peppers • Black pepper • Fish sauce • Sugar, cooking oil • Water