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large eggs (room temperature) • chopped scallion whites • garlic chili fish sauce • Cilantro and scallions • little toasted sesame seeds and fried garlic

Chinese broccoli (gai lan) • eggs, washed • fish sauce • salt

chrysanthemum greens (tần ô, also called garland chrysanthemum) • eggs, as desired • good-quality fish sauce (30 ml) • Thai chili pepper • garlic

glutinous rice (about 3 kg) • split mung beans (about 1 kg) • pork belly, boneless (about 1 kg) • shallots (about 100 g) • garlic (about 10 g) • sugar (about 10 g) • –2 teaspoons fish maw (about 5–10 g) • salt (about 5 g) • ground black pepper (about 5 g) • fish sauce • MSG (optional; my family uses very little) • salted egg yolks •

flying fish roe (about 300 g) • fish sauce • sugar • cooking oil • shallots • garlic • black pepper • small piece ginger • red chili pepper • cilantro and green onions • MSG (optional, to taste)

fish roe (about 300 g) • pork belly (about 100 g) • fish sauce • sugar • cooking oil • shallots • garlic • black pepper • small piece ginger • red chili pepper • scallions and cilantro • Vietnamese coriander (rau răm) •

cooked crab meat (can substitute for roe crab) • large sea shrimp • pork paste (giò sống) • pork blood pudding • straw mushrooms • fish cake (store-bought) • pork hock • quail eggs • fried dough sticks (optional) • tapioca starch • Bánh canh rice noodles • Annatto oil •

Eggs with garlic chili fish sauce • Winter melon soup with chicken bones and chicken giblets • Hard-boiled eggs cooked in an air fryer • Fresh fruit

sardines • pineapple (about 100 grams) • eggs • water (about 30 ml) • green onions • seasoning powder • sugar • ground pepper • chili powder • fish sauce • cooking oil

river carp with roe (if not using the whole fish, the head will make the broth sweeter and richer) • fresh rice noodles • ripe tomatoes • dill + 1.8 oz green onions (if you don't like dill, substitute with celery) • lettuce + mixed herbs + shredded water spinach • shallots

Japanese mackerel with roe • Chili peppers, seasonings, garlic

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)

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

all-purpose flour (about 350 grams), plus extra for dusting • warm water (about 200 grams, 130–140°F/55–60°C) • salt • sugar • ground pork (about 130 grams) • napa cabbage kimchi • ginger • solo garlic • beaten egg (about half an egg, 25 grams) • Salt and ground pepper, to taste • ground pork (about 130 grams) • –3 leaves napa cabbage •

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

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

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

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

Dried cassava noodles (mành mành) • Shrimp, pork, and quail eggs • Fresh herbs and fish sauce • Basic seasonings

rice flour (about 200 grams; you can also use pre-mixed bánh cuốn flour) • tapioca starch (about 70 grams) • water (1 liter) • vegetable oil • ground pork (about 250 grams) • dried wood ear mushrooms (about 50 grams) • dried shiitake mushrooms, optional (about 30 grams) • small yellow onion (about 100 grams) • scallions • large eggs • Pork bones or spare ribs • yellow onion •

Fresh Quang-style noodles (you can substitute with dried Quang noodles, just boil and drain them) • Eggs • Pork (can use pork ribs) • Shrimp • Tomato, pineapple, onion • Lettuce, bean sprouts, cucumber • Green onions • Seasonings: sugar, black pepper, fish sauce, salt, chicken bouillon

Free-range chicken • White é leaves (Vietnamese basil) • Boiled bamboo shoots • Oyster mushrooms or king oyster mushrooms • Rice vermicelli noodles or egg noodles • Lemongrass • Bird’s eye chilies or green Thai chilies • Seasonings: salt, chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, MSG, black pepper, onion, garlic

shrimp (about 200 grams) • pork shoulder (about 100 grams) • pork belly (about 100 grams) • quail eggs • Shallots, garlic, small onions (like pearl onions) • Chili powder, turmeric powder (optional) • Fish sauce, sugar, cooking oil • Fresh greens: thinly sliced banana blossom, bean sprouts, lettuce, assorted fresh herbs, bitter herbs • Green chili, roasted peanuts, grilled rice crackers, thinly sliced green onions • tomato • pork bone broth (about 500 ml) • Mi Quang noodles (about 1 kg)

Wild pork (or regular pork) • Fish cake • Eggs • Fermented pineapple fish sauce (mắm nêm with minced pineapple) • Assorted fresh herbs: lettuce, mint, fish mint, mango, green banana, pineapple, cucumber • Thin rice paper wrappers • Rice vermicelli noodles (optional)

pork belly (about 200 grams) • shrimp (about 200 grams) • Rice vermicelli noodles (bún) • Lettuce • eggs • Garlic • Lime • Chili pepper • Sugar, fish sauce, water

rolled oats (about 40 grams) • Chicken broth (fat removed) • ground pork (about 100 grams) • fresh shiitake mushrooms • large egg • Shallot • Green onion and cilantro • Fish sauce, black pepper

shrimp (about 200 grams) • chicken breast • eggs • lettuce • Cilantro • roll brown rice vermicelli noodles • Small rice paper wrappers • See the recipe here

fresh shrimp • pork belly, special cut • large eggs • small pumpkin • shallots (or small onions) • peanuts • seasonings: green onions, garlic, fish sauce, bouillon powder • mixed fresh herbs, cilantro and green onions • cooking oil

scallops • dried fish maw • king oyster mushrooms • pork or chicken bone broth • diced carrots • chopped cilantro • ground black pepper • sesame oil • cornstarch dissolved in 2 tablespoons (30 ml) water • fried shallots • large egg • chopped green onions •

pork shoulder (300 g) • pork spare ribs (500 g) • shrimp (300 g) • quail eggs • Vietnamese pork sausage (cha lua) (200 g) • rice cracker (banh da) • shallots (100 g) • small jar annatto oil • roasted peanuts, shelled and halved (100 g) • Mi Quang noodles (500 g) • green onions and cilantro (50 g) • garlic, 3 shallots •