Vietnamese style sweet and savoury caramelized pork that is melt in your mouth tender! Normally when I think about caramel I think about sweet dishes but it’s often used in savoury dishes like in Vietnamese style caramel pork! This recipe starts out by caramelizing sugar, simmering it until it turns a golden brown. Once the...

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A quick, easy and tasty Vietnamese style lemongrass beef! I am a fan of Vietnamese style lemongrass seasoning! In the summer I enjoy making a lemongrass grilled chicken and pretty much any time of the year, this lemongrass beef is a tasty treat! This dish is as simple as ground meat cooked with a lemongrass...

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A quick and easy Vietnamese style beef dish with a sweet, spicy, salty and sour caramelized sauce! Caramel is an ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine and it’s often used in savoury dishes like this one. It usually starts out with a palm or coconut sugar which is cooked until it caramelizes, turning a deep brown/amber, a...

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A light and tasty rice noodle salad with lemongrass grilled chicken and plenty of fresh veggies in a peanut dressing! Today I have another grilled chicken salad to share and this time it’s a Vietnamese inspired lemongrass grilled chicken rice noodle salad! The star of this salad in a quick and tasty lemongrass grilled chicken...

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Quick and easy lemongrass chicken banh mi sandwiches with plenty of pickled carrots, cucumbers and chilies! A banh mi is Vietnamese sandwich typically made in a Vietnamese style baguette with meat, pickled vegetables, chilies, cilantro, mayo and pâté; I am a huge fan of banh mi and I enjoy making my own! You can make...

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A quick, easy and tasty Vietnamese style lemongrass marinated chicken, grilled to perfection. Vietnamese style lemongrass chicken is a favourite, especially when grilled to perfection! The chicken is marinated in a simple and yet tasty mixture highlighting lemongrass along with turmeric, cumin, coriander, garlic, ginger, onion, lime, chilies, coconut sugar and fish sauce. You can...

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Fresh and tasty lemongrass chicken bang mi tacos in light, crispy and flaky parathas! Paratha is a layered flatbread common in Indian cuisine that I was recently introduced to and I could not help thinking that they would make great taco shells! They are light, crispy and flaky on the outside but soft on the...

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Quick and easy shrimp coated in a crispy golden brown coconut, served with sweet chili sauce for dipping. After rounding up my tastiest shrimp recipes I realized that I had not shared one of my favourites, coconut shrimp! Coconut shrimp are large shrimp served coated in a crispy golden brown panko breadcrumb and coconut mixture...

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All of the flavours of a banh mi sandwich in grilled cheese form encased in crispy, buttery golden brown bread and plenty of melted cheese! Today is National Grilled Cheese Day! And I have a new grilled cheese to share with you, a Vietnamese banh mi sandwich inspired banh mi melt! This grilled cheese has...

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A salad inspired by the ingredients of Vietnamese summer rolls with shrimp and rice noodles along with plenty of vegetable and herbs in a peanut or nuoc cham dressing. When I came across the idea of a Vietnamese summer roll salad on Tasty Kitchen I immediately knew that I would have to try it! Vietnamese...

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