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pig ears • small piece of ginger, sliced • shallots, thickly sliced • green onions • salt • Pickling Sauce: • fish sauce (40% protein) • rice vinegar • sugar (about 100 grams) • water (about 250 ml) • salt • calamansi •

pork belly (300 grams) • pig ear • fish cake (200 grams) • fermented anchovy sauce (mắm nêm) (200 grams) • Fresh rice vermicelli noodles • Roasted peanuts • pineapple • bulb garlic • chili peppers • sugar (about 50 grams) • Lettuce, fresh herbs (such as mint, cilantro), cucumber, green mango • Shallots, onion, ginger, scallions •

pork belly (300 grams) • Vietnamese pork sausage (chả lụa) (200 grams) • fermented pork roll (nem chua) (150 grams) • pig ear • Pickled eggplant with fermented anchovy sauce (cà pháo mắm nêm) • Lettuce • Mixed fresh herbs (such as mint, cilantro, Thai basil) • Cucumber • fresh rice vermicelli noodles (1 kg) • fermented anchovy sauce (mắm nêm) (150 grams) • pineapple (about 100 grams) • Chili pepper •

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

agar powder (5 g) • coconut milk (5 g) • ground pork (100 g) • Wood ear mushrooms, shallots • Seasoning powder, fish sauce, lime, garlic, chili, sugar substitute, black pepper • Fresh herbs and greens for serving

bánh cuốn flour (about 400 grams) • warm water (about 1.2 liters) • salt • Cooking oil, fish sauce • Wood ear mushrooms, ground pork • Fried shallots, fresh shallots, green onions • Salt, sugar, black pepper • Mixed fresh herbs, chili, garlic, vinegar, water, onion, blanched bean sprouts

red snapper (about 2 lbs/900 grams) • small amount of each: shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, cloves, dried jujube (red dates), enoki mushrooms, lotus seeds, goji berries • Carrot, lime leaves, ginger, tangerine peel, onion, cilantro stems, chili pepper • fish sauce (30 ml), • sugar (12 grams), • chili sauce (15 ml), • sesame oil (15 ml), garlic, black pepper

Ground pork • Carrot • Jicama • Wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms • Shallots • Seasonings: oyster sauce, char siu marinade, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, MSG

A. Filling • ground pork shoulder (500 g) • dried shiitake mushrooms (50 g) • dried wood ear mushrooms (50 g) • small onion • ground black pepper • fish sauce • seasoning granules • vegetable oil • shallots • B. Dipping Sauce • pork tail bones (300 g) •

fresh shrimp (200 grams) • pork belly or pork shoulder, with both lean and fatty parts (200 grams) • dried wood ear mushrooms • small taro root • small carrot • Shallots and garlic • egg • Rice paper wrappers for rolling • Seasonings: ground black pepper, salt, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, sugar, cooking oil

For the batter: • rice flour (300 grams) • tapioca starch (50 grams) • wheat starch (50 grams) • salt • For the filling: • pork shoulder (100 grams) • shrimp (100 grams) • small amount of wood ear mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms • jicama • white onion • Minced shallots and garlic •

broken rice (about 400 grams) • cucumber • tomatoes • green onions • fish sauce • water • sugar • fresh lime juice • small red chilies, finely chopped • pork chops • lemongrass powder • onion powder •

all-purpose flour (about 300 grams) • unsweetened milk (about 200 ml) • salt • little cornstarch or flour (for kneading) • ground pork shoulder (about 200 grams) • jicama, about 3 1/2 oz (about 100 grams) • carrot, about 2 3/4 oz (about 80 grams) • dried wood ear mushrooms (black fungus) • Seasoning powder, sugar, MSG, black pepper • Minced onion and garlic, green onions • quail eggs

firm tofu • cucumbers • Lettuce, fresh herbs (such as cilantro, mint, or Thai basil), green onions • Soy sauce, sugar • Garlic, chili peppers • fresh rice vermicelli noodles (500 grams) • Roasted peanuts, crushed • fresh bamboo shoots (300 grams), 1.75 oz dried wood ear mushrooms (50 grams)

shrimp (500 g) • ground pork (200 g) • dried shrimp (100 g) • dried wood ear mushrooms (10 g) • dried shiitake mushrooms • fish cake (optional) (100 g) • tomatoes (300 g) • rolls banh da noodles (Vietnamese brown rice noodles) • Ginger, onion, garlic, scallions, Vietnamese coriander (rau ram), seasonings

ground pork (300 grams) • dried wood ear mushrooms (30 grams) • white onion • Three Ladies Brand rice paper • Seasonings: salt, pepper, sugar, fish sauce, garlic, chili, lime, cooking oil

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 (200 grams) • each: onion, carrot, shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, green onions (about 50 grams each) • Filling seasoning: oyster sauce, sesame oil, sugar, black pepper, MSG • Dipping sauce: chili, garlic, sugar, MSG, lime • Pre-mixed bánh cuốn flour (such as Mikko brand) • Fresh herbs, crispy fried shallots

ground pork shoulder (about 400 grams), preferably from the tender shoulder • large eggs • medium onions • medium carrots • dried wood ear mushrooms (about 20 grams) • dried glass noodles or dried rice vermicelli (about 100 grams) • green onions • red chili peppers, 1 head garlic, and 2 limes for dipping sauce • Sugar, black pepper, cooking oil • thin rice paper wrappers for spring rolls • large heads of lettuce, or about 1 lb (500 grams)

ground pork (500 grams) • finely chopped shrimp (500 grams) • crab or blue crab meat (250 grams) • taro root (200 grams) • dried glass noodles (50 grams) • Dried shiitake mushrooms or wood ear mushrooms • Chopped green onions and garlic • eggs • Spring roll wrappers • Rice vermicelli noodles (bún) • Mixed fresh herbs (lettuce, mint, cilantro, etc.) • Carrot •

ground pork (500 grams) • Rice paper wrappers (use extra if you have them on hand) • Dried shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, carrot, onion, glass noodles (cellophane noodles) • large eggs • Cilantro, green onions, cooking oil, garlic, chili pepper, 1 large lemon, tomato • Lettuce, assorted fresh herbs

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 •

tapioca starch (about 500 grams) • pork belly (about 200 grams) • shrimp (about 200 grams) • medium dried wood ear mushrooms (mộc nhĩ) • Shallots • Garlic • Scallions (green onions) • Cooking oil, fish sauce, salt, sugar, black pepper

Thick spring roll wrappers • Ground pork (don’t use too much or it’ll be too rich) • Dried shiitake mushrooms (to taste) • Wood ear mushrooms (to taste, but use more than shiitake) • Shallots • Fish sauce • Sugar • Lime • Garlic and chili (to taste)

pork loin chops • soy sauce • fish sauce • salt • lemon juice • sweetened condensed milk • round palm sugar • honey • shallots, 1 stalk lemongrass, 3-4 garlic cloves • five-spice powder • annatto oil • Garlic, chili •

ground pork (400 g) • kohlrabi • carrot • Wood ear mushrooms • noodles (cellophane noodles) • large egg • Fish sauce, chicken bouillon powder, black pepper, sugar, lime, vinegar, garlic, cooking oil • Assorted fresh herbs (for serving)

ground pork • carrot • bean sprouts • chayote squash • large eggs • spring roll wrappers (Hà Tĩnh style or similar) • green onions • Seasonings: MSG, black pepper, fish sauce, sugar, garlic, chili • dried wood ear mushrooms • glass noodles (cellophane noodles)

large eggs • dried glass noodles • dried wood ear mushrooms • dried shiitake mushrooms • Fresh herbs and lettuce • carrot • kohlrabi • Fish sauce, chicken bouillon powder, sugar, black pepper, chili sauce, vegetable oil, salt, garlic, chili pepper • Ground lean pork • spring roll wrappers (about 30 wrappers per package)

ground pork (300 grams) • shallots • small onion • wood ear mushrooms, or more if you like • pre-mixed bánh cuốn flour (200 grams) • water (500 ml) • Vegetable oil • large eggs (optional, for egg bánh cuốn) • bean sprouts, fresh herbs, and cucumber (each) • Dipping sauce: fish sauce, sugar, water, minced chili and garlic

ground pork (500 g) • glass noodles (50 g) • large eggs • dried wood ear mushrooms (30 g) • carrot • rice paper wrappers • Seasonings: chicken bouillon powder, black pepper, garlic, shallot, fish sauce