Vietnamese
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Continue ReadingYou won’t find this dish in many Vietnamese restaurants, but every Vietnamese family makes this dish at home, especially around Lunar New Year (Tết). It’s one of the most flavorful and delicious dishes—the pork belly is braised in coconut water and becomes super tender in no time thanks to the Instant Pot. You get that…
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Continue ReadingThis is a Vietnamese fusion dish that was inspired by the spaghetti and meat sauce that I grew up eating. I’m not completely sure what ingredients went into the version that my mom used to make, but I know there was fish sauce and always a lot of extra mushrooms added. I’ve incorporated many ingredients…
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Continue ReadingBánh Canh Cua is a crab noodle soup dish that’s quite popular in Vietnam. The noodles are hand made with tapioca starch – they look very similar to udon noodles, but are slightly chewier. The noodles are cooked right in the broth which gives the broth a thick consistency more similar to a stew broth.…
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Continue ReadingThis Vietnamese Yogurt Recipe is a little different from the standard recipe because it uses Laughing Cow Creamy Swiss Cheese. The yogurt is absolutely delicious – it’s still sweet and tart like regular Vietnamese Yogurt, but the cheese adds a whole new depth of flavor – it adds a very slight savory note to the…
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Continue ReadingI have an Instant Pot Duo, so why would I create recipe to make yogurt in the Lux model? I have a ton of yogurt recipes on my blog and whenever I share any of the recipes, the question about making yogurt in a Lux Instant Pot always comes up – so being the ever…
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Continue ReadingIf you’re Vietnamese then you already know and love this drink. If you haven’t tried it yet then you’re probably thinking wtf? Give it a try though! You’ll be surprised at how delicious it is – it’s super creamy and the flavor of sweetened condensed milk and avocado is perfectly balanced. You can buy this…
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Continue ReadingI have being eating Vietnamese Yogurt my whole life, my mom used to make this when I was a kid, she would make them in little baby food jars and cultured them in the oven. It was always my favorite yogurt, I started making it myself 20 years ago – I first started by using…
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Continue ReadingI’ve made hard boiled eggs in my Instant Pot so many times, I was using the 5-5-5 method that everyone talked about, but there was usually bursted eggs and sometimes a few of egg whites would be mushy. I started using the Low Pressure setting and I prefer it more, the egg shells still peel…
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Continue ReadingEvery Vietnamese household will likely have their own special recipe for these Caramelized Pork Spare Ribs (Sườn Ram Mặn). You start by making caramel (Nước Màu), which gives the ribs a lovely flavor and that beautiful amber sheen—taste begins with the eyes and that color gets the tastebuds going. The secret to great spare ribs is to make…
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Continue ReadingVietnamese Chicken Curry is a dish I love and know very well, I’ve been eating my mom’s version of this dish my entire life. It’s so flavorful & delicious — the contrast of textures when eating it with a crusty baguette is absolute perfection. My recipe is a little different from my mom’s—I prefer a…
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