Herb garlic

fish cakes (about 500 grams) • cucumber (about 500 grams) • mixed fresh herbs (about 500 grams) • red chili peppers • garlic • fish sauce • sugar • small bowl minced garlic and chili

garlic chive blossoms (500 grams) • garlic • small bowl ground pork

banh canh rice noodles (1 kg) • chicken bones (1 kg) • Ginger, onion • Chicken bouillon powder, sugar, black pepper • Garlic chives, chili peppers

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

napa cabbage • green onions and garlic chives • small piece leek • vegetable bouillon cube • vegetable oil (about 7 ml)

fish paste (about 300 grams, preferably silver carp or similar white fish) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • Chopped fresh dill, to taste • diced carrot (about 30 grams), for color • Minced garlic, chopped green onion, ground black pepper, chicken bouillon powder, MSG (optional), fish sauce • Cooking oil

boneless, skinless chicken breast (1 kg) • fresh red chilies • chili powder • sugar • seasoned salt • five-spice powder • lime • lemongrass • ginger • garlic

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)

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

beef sirloin, thinly sliced (200 grams) • medium yellow onion • lemongrass, use the tender white part • garlic • small shallot • Beef marinade: oyster sauce, black pepper, chicken bouillon powder or MSG • Thin rice vermicelli noodles, enough for serving • medium carrot • cucumber • little red radish and yellow radish (optional, I had extra so I added them) • Mung bean sprouts • Lettuce and fresh herbs (basil, fish mint, mint—use whatever you have) •

cooked chicken breast (340 g) • lemongrass (20 g) • garlic (10 g) • brown sugar (14 g) • good-quality fish sauce (30 ml) • chili powder • five-spice powder • vegetable oil • lime leaves (15 g) • fresh red chilies • salt • Korean chili flakes (optional)

apple snails or mystery snails (about 1 kg) • lime leaves • lemongrass (half cut into 2-inch pieces, half thinly sliced) • ginger (half thinly sliced, half minced) • fish sauce (15 ml) • sugar (12 grams) • water (60 ml) • rice vinegar or mild vinegar (15 ml) • calamansi or kumquat • garlic

cleaned apple snails (about 800 grams) • salt • small piece ginger (smashed) • white cooking wine • chicken bouillon powder • sugar • black pepper • garlic powder • lemongrass powder • fish sauce • minced lemongrass (divided into 3 portions) • minced garlic •

chicken drumsticks, cut into pieces (about 600 grams) • garlic, minced • fresh ginger • mature lime leaves • Fish sauce, seasoning powder, MSG, sugar, black pepper

pork liver (500 grams) • chicken hearts • Pork hock, ginger, green onions, cilantro, bean sprouts • For stir-fry: • bean sprouts • garlic chives, onion

Beef scraps (buy brisket scraps, tendon scraps) • carrot • lemongrass stalks, sliced lemongrass, fresh chili • chili paste • seasoning powder • sugar • msg • fresh coconut water • garlic

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 •

beef • lemongrass • chili peppers • garlic • Oyster sauce • Soy sauce • Cooking oil • Seasoning to taste

fish cake • dill • small can (about 7 oz/200 grams) crushed tomatoes • Seasonings, onion, garlic • Seasonings

chicken breasts • small cup finely chopped lemongrass • small handful of rosemary leaves • small handful of shallots • onion • Seasonings: oyster sauce, soy sauce, garlic salt, sugar

boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb/450 grams) • lemongrass • BBQ seasoning, garlic salt, olive oil, garlic

bean sprouts and garlic chives • sausage • Seasonings • garlic • black pepper

pork belly, thinly sliced • finely chopped lemongrass • chili pepper (adjust to your preferred spice level) • shallots, garlic cloves • Seasonings

fish paste (swai or similar white fish) • pork spare ribs • (about 14 oz/400 ml) chicken broth • tomatoes • fried tofu, sliced • small pumpkin • daikon radish • fresh dill • straw mushrooms • asparagus, cut into pieces • Lettuce, Vietnamese coriander (rau diếp cá), bean sprouts, onion • Thin rice vermicelli noodles (bún) •