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large eggs (about 60 grams each) • pandan juice (15 ml) • coconut milk (30 ml) • vegetable oil (30 ml) • lemon juice (6 ml) • salt (2 grams) • sugar (70 grams, adjust to taste) • cake flour (70 grams)

sweetened condensed milk • (100-200 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted for smoothness • little vanilla powder (optional, I don't use it) • Plastic container/mold, or anything that can shape into a square • Plastic wrap • Butter/cooking oil, just a little to prevent sticking, but it's optional

ripe bananas (about 600 grams) • coconut cream or coconut milk powder (about 100 grams) • soft, dense French bread (about 180 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • coffee liqueur or rum • whole milk (about 120 grams) • all-purpose flour (about 40 grams) • unsalted butter (about 30 grams) • large egg • vanilla extract • salt

ground beef (300 grams) + 3.5 oz ground pork (100 grams) • Betel • For marinating the meat • Shallots and minced lemongrass • soy sauce (45 ml) • vegetable oil (15 ml) (use 2 tablespoons if using only beef) • sugar (12 grams) • five-spice powder (optional, can be omitted)

🍎Filling: • sugar (250 g) • vegetable oil (100 g) • all-purpose flour (50 g) • cooked glutinous rice flour (10 g) • durian (100–300 g; I used 10 1/2 oz/300 g) • cooked, hulled mung beans (500 g; from 1 cup/200 g dried, hulled mung beans) • salted egg yolks • 🍎Dough: • all-purpose flour (500 g) • mooncake syrup (360 g) • egg yolks •

pork belly (about 500 grams) • fresh ginger • lemongrass • shallots • garlic • fish sauce • salt • ground black pepper • chicken bouillon powder • For the dipping sauce: • Fish sauce • Water •

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

chicken breast • small carrot • fresh shiitake mushrooms • rolled oats (about 24 grams) • chicken broth (skimmed of fat) (about 240 ml) • Green onions, shallots, fresh chili • Fish sauce • Chicken bouillon powder • Black pepper

Banh canh noodles (similar to thick rice noodles) • Mackerel fish cake • Quail eggs • Pork paste, ground pork, dried shrimp • Wood ear mushrooms, Vietnamese coriander (rau ram), chili peppers • Salt, sugar, fermented shrimp paste, fish sauce, seasoning powder, annatto oil, ground black pepper, MSG (optional)

snakehead fish (about 1 kg) • ripe tomato • onion, 1 small piece of ginger • Quang-style rice noodles (about 400 g) • Fresh greens: lettuce, baby mustard greens, fresh herbs, banana blossom • Roasted peanuts • Green onion and cilantro • Garlic, chili, turmeric powder, annatto oil

beef meatballs • dumplings (potstickers or wontons) • fresh udon noodles • medium tomatoes • green onions • small shallot • large garlic clove • red chili pepper (medium heat) • Cooking oil, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, sugar, black pepper • hoisin sauce (optional) • mint for garnish (optional)

all-purpose flour (about 130 grams) • sugar • butter • sweetened condensed milk (about 20 grams) • water (about 50 grams) • eggs • ripe bananas • cocoa powder

whole chicken (about 2.2 lbs or 1 kg) • pork belly • shallots • small shallots (also called 'hanh cham' in the North, used for their aromatic flavor) • peanut oil (or other neutral oil) • small bowl roasted peanuts, roughly crushed • small stalk lemongrass • annatto oil • Mi Quang noodles (wide rice noodles) • crispy rice crackers (banh trang nuong) • green chili, lime, assorted fresh herbs (lettuce, shredded banana blossom, Thai basil, shredded cabbage, garlic chives, etc.), scallions, cilantro • seasonings: chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, salt, chili paste, sugar, black pepper, fish sauce

hard-boiled quail eggs, peeled • Dried banh canh noodles • pork paste (about 300 grams) • ground pork (about 200 grams) • Chopped green onions, minced garlic and shallots • onion • Fish sauce, salt, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, black pepper, annatto oil

minced thac lac fish (150 grams) • –14 oz minced basa fish (300–400 grams) • small amount of dill, finely chopped • seasoning powder • MSG • tapioca starch

tapioca starch (about 180 grams) • rice flour (about 20 grams) • canned coconut milk (about 200 ml) • large eggs • sugar (about 170 grams; use 2/3 cup palm sugar (about 140 grams) and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (about 30 grams)) • rum (any brand) or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (about 15 ml) • Alsa baking powder • vegetable oil • Bundt pan or tube pan

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

mackerel (about 1 kg) • (about 2 2/3 cups or 400 grams) rice flour or all-purpose flour • Vietnamese coriander (rau ram) • Green onions • Cilantro • Lime • Chili peppers • Shallots (small Vietnamese shallots if available) • Red onions • Vegetable oil • Chicken bouillon powder or seasoning powder • Fish sauce •

rice flour (250 grams) • tapioca starch (10 grams) • to 1/3 cup boiling water (60–80 ml) • quail eggs • ground pork (300 grams) • fresh shrimp (250 grams) • Salt, cooking oil, MSG, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, black pepper, chili sate sauce • Minced onion and garlic, chopped green onions, annatto oil

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

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 •

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

–1.5 lbs pork shoulder (about 600–700 grams) • Grilled beef wrapped in betel leaves (see link for air fryer method) • fresh rice vermicelli noodles (about 1 kg) • Mixed fresh herbs, bean sprouts, cucumber, sweet and sour fish sauce • carrot • daikon radish • Roasted peanuts, crushed • Oyster sauce, sugar, seasoning powder, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil • Minced garlic and onion, ground black pepper

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 •

pork belly • seasoning powder, sugar, fish sauce, unsalted butter • rice vermicelli noodles, garlic, chili, lime, mixed fresh herbs for serving

Snakehead fish (or substitute with catfish or tilapia) • Shrimp • Fish cake • Quail eggs • Mushrooms (such as straw mushrooms or button mushrooms) • Daikon radish • Banh canh noodles (thick tapioca or rice noodles) • Rock sugar, black pepper, green onion, garlic, fish sauce, salt, MSG, chicken bouillon powder

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

beef marrow bones (2 kg) • beef sirloin (300 grams) • beef paste or ground beef for meatballs (200 grams) • Pho spice mix: star anise, black cardamom, cinnamon stick, • Fresh or dried pho noodles • Chinese crullers (youtiao) • Eggs (large) • Shallots, garlic • Chili peppers • Scallions, culantro, bean sprouts, Thai basil • Seasonings: fish sauce, salt, bouillon powder, black pepper, rock sugar

chicken thighs (500 g) • pandan leaves • five-spice powder • soy sauce • chicken bouillon powder • fish sauce • chili sauce • honey • sugar • oyster sauce • chili powder • vegetable oil •

dried lotus seeds (or fresh lotus seeds) (100 grams) • dried longan (or dried logan pulp) (100 grams) • rock sugar (about 8.8 oz / 250 grams) • white grass jelly powder (or agar powder) • tube vanilla extract