Vietnamese noodles
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Noodle
The noodle is a type of food, made from any of a variety of doughs, formed into long thin ribbons, strips, curly-cues, waves, helices, pipes, tubes, strings, or other various shapes, sometimes folded. They are usually cooked in a mixture of boiling water and/or oil. Depending upon the type, noodles...
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Noodles by ingredients
Vietnamese noodles are available in either fresh (tươi) or dried (khô) form.- Bánh canhBanh canhBánh canh is a thick Vietnamese noodle that can be made from a mixture of rice and tapioca flour. In bánh canh soup dishes, the noodles are combined with one of several soup bases, such as:...
- thick noodles made from a mixture of rice flourRice flourRice flour is a form of flour made from finely milled rice. It is distinct from rice starch, which is usually produced by steeping rice in lye....
and tapiocaTapiocaTapioca is a starch extracted Manihot esculenta. This species, native to the Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and most of the West Indies, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, manioc, aipim,...
flour or wheatWheatWheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
flour; similar in appearance, but not in substance, to udonUdonis a type of thick wheat-flour noodle of Japanese cuisine.Udon is usually served hot as noodle soup in its simplest form as kake udon, in a mildly flavoured broth called kakejiru which is made of dashi, soy sauce , and mirin. It is usually topped with thinly chopped scallions... - Bánh hủ tiếu
- Bánh phở - flat rice noodles; these are available in a wide variety of widths and may be used for either phởPHOPHO may refer to:* Primary Health Organisation* Potentially hazardous object, an asteroid or comet that could potentially collide with Earth...
soup or stir-fried dishes - BúnBunA bun is a small, usually sweet, bread. Commonly they are hand-sized or smaller, domed in shape, with a flat bottom. A bun can also be a savory bread roll similar to a bap or barmcake....
- thin rice vermicelliRice vermicelliRice vermicelli are thin noodles made from rice and are a form of rice noodles. They are sometimes referred to as rice noodles or rice sticks, but they should not be confused with cellophane noodles, which is another type of vermicelli....
noodles- Bún sợi to
- Bún lá- used in Bún lá cá dầm Ninh Hoà
- Bún rối
- Bún nắm
- Cellophane noodlesCellophane noodlesCellophane noodles are a type of transparent noodle made from starch , and water.They are generally sold in dried form, boiled to reconstitute, then used in soups, stir fried dishes,...
(called miến, bún tàu, or bún tào) - thin glass noodle made from dzongCanna (plant)Canna is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the gingers, bananas, marantas, heliconias, strelitzias, etc.Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae...
(canna) starch - MìMI- Business :*Management information, a part of the internal controls of a business*Mortgage insurance, or mortgage guaranty, an insurance policy which compensates lenders or investors for losses due to the default of a mortgage loan* a stock ticker for M&I Bank...
- wheat flour noodles, which may be either white or yellow - Lá mì
- Bánh đa đỏ- red noodles used in Bánh đa cua Hải Phòng - red noodles with crab, a specialty of Hải Phòng
- Bánh đa - rice cracker
- Banh pho gao lut - brown rice noodles that are like pho noodles but made from wholegrain rice and can be used in a variety of noodle dishes
Hot noodle soups
- Bánh canhBanh canhBánh canh is a thick Vietnamese noodle that can be made from a mixture of rice and tapioca flour. In bánh canh soup dishes, the noodles are combined with one of several soup bases, such as:...
- a soup made with bánh canh noodles- Bánh canh cá Nha Trang
- Bún bò HuếBun Bo HueBún bò Huế or more specifically, bún bò giò heo is a popular Vietnamese soup rice vermicelli dish. The predominant flavor is of lemon grass.-Features:...
- signature noodle soup from HuếHueHue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
, consisting of rice vermicelli in a beef broth with beef, lemon grass, and other ingredients - Bún bung - soup made with tomato, Alocasia odoraAlocasia odoraAlocasia odora ; in Lao the plant known as thon toon , the stalk known as khan toon is a flowering plant native to Asia.Its stems are used as a green vegetable in the cuisines of Southeast Asia, and...
, green papaya, tamarind, green onions and pork. - Bún mắm - vermicelli noodle soup with a heavy shrimp paste broth
- Bún ốc - tomato and snail based noodle soup topped with scallions
- Bún riêuBún riêuBún riêu is a Vietnamese meat rice vermicelli soup. There are several varieties of bún riêu, including bún riêu cua, bún riêu cá, and bún riêu ốc....
- rice vermicelli soup with meat, tofu, tomatoes, and congealed boiled pig blood.- Bún riêu cua - with crab
- Bún riêu cá - with fish
- Bún riêu ốc - with snails
- Bún lá cá dầm Ninh Hoà
- Bún sứa - noodles with jellyfish
- Bún thang - soup made with shredded chicken meat, shredded fried egg, shredded steam pork cake, and various vegetables
- Cao lầuCao lauCao lầu is a regional dish made with noodles, pork, and greens and is only found in the town of Hội An, in the Quang Nam Province of central Vietnam. Its unique taste is rumoured to be contributed by the water from an undisclosed ancient Cham well just outside of the town.-External links:****...
- signature noodle dish from Hội AnHoi AnHội An , or rarely Faifo, is a city of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in Quang Nam province and is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants...
consisting of yellow wheat flour noodles in a small amount of broth, with various meats and herbs. - Hủ tiếu - a soup made with bánh hủ tiếu and egg noodles. This dish was brought over by the TeochewTeochew peopleThe Chaozhou people are Han people, native to the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province of China who speak the Teochew dialect. Today, most Teochew people live outside China in Southeast Asia especially in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia. They can also be found almost anywhere in the...
immigrants (Hoa people). - Mì QuảngMi quangMì Quảng , is a Vietnamese noodle dish that is originated from the provinces of Quang Nam and Da Nang, in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. In the region, it is one of the most popular dishes, and it is served in various occasions such as family party, death anniversary, and Tết...
- signature noodle dish from Quảng Nam, yellow wheat flour noodles in a small amount of broth, with various meats and herbs. - PhởPHOPHO may refer to:* Primary Health Organisation* Potentially hazardous object, an asteroid or comet that could potentially collide with Earth...
- bánh phở in a broth made from beef and spices
Dry noodle dishes
- Bánh hỏi - extremely thin rice vermicelli woven into intricate bundles and often topped with chopped scallions and meat
- Bún đậu mắm tôm - Pressed vermicelli noodles with fried tofu served with shrimp paste
- Bún thịt nướng - a cold noodle dish consisting of bún with grilled pork
- Bún xào - stir-fried bún
- Hủ tiếu khô - stir-fried bánh hủ tiếu with sauce
- Hủ tiếu xào - stir-fried bánh hủ tiếu
- Mì khô (also spelled mỳ khô) - stir-fried egg noodles with sauce
- Phở xào - stir-fried bánh phở
Hot noodle rolls
- Bánh cuốn - steamed rice noodle rollRice noodle rollA rice noodle roll is a Cantonese dish from southern China and Hong Kong, commonly served as a variety of dim sum. It is a thin roll made from a wide strip of shahe fen , filled with shrimp, pork, beef, vegetables, or other ingredients. Sweet soy sauce is poured over the dish upon serving...
, stuffed with minced pork and wood earWood earWood ear, or 木耳 , can refer to two different closely related species of edible fungus used primarily in Asian cuisine; these are commonly sold in Asian markets shredded and dried....
mushroom, somewhat similar to a Cantonese dim sum called rice noodle rollRice noodle rollA rice noodle roll is a Cantonese dish from southern China and Hong Kong, commonly served as a variety of dim sum. It is a thin roll made from a wide strip of shahe fen , filled with shrimp, pork, beef, vegetables, or other ingredients. Sweet soy sauce is poured over the dish upon serving...
, but the rice sheet in bánh cuốn is much thinner and more delicate than the rice noodle used for the dim sum.
Cold rice paper rolls
- Gỏi cuốnSummer rollA gỏi cuốn, summer roll, Vietnamese salad roll, or fresh roll is a Vietnamese dish consisting of pork, prawn, herbs, bún , and other ingredients wrapped in Vietnamese bánh tráng . They are served at room temperature, and are not deep fried...
- translated as either "summer roll" or "salad roll"; a cold dish consisting of various ingredients (including bún) rolled in moist rice paperRice paperRice paper usually refers to paper made from parts of the rice plant, like rice straw or rice flour. The term is also used for paper made from or containing other plants, such as hemp, bamboo or mulberry...
Hot noodle sheets
- Bánh ướt - rice noodle sheets, eaten with nước chấm, fried shallotShallotThe shallot is the botanical variety of Allium cepa to which the multiplier onion also belongs. It was formerly classified as the species A. ascalonicum, a name now considered a synonym of the correct name...
s and a side of chả lụa (Vietnamese pork sausage).
See also
- List of Vietnamese dishes
- List of Vietnamese culinary specialities
- List of Vietnamese produce varieties
- List of Vietnamese ingredients