Vietnamese cuisine encompasses the foods and beverages of Vietnam. Meals feature a combination of five fundamental tastes, sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and spicy. The distinctive nature of each dish reflects one or more elements (nutrients, colors, et cetera), which are also based around a five-pronged philosophy. Vietnamese recipes use ingredients like lemongrass, ginger, mint, Vietnamese mint, long coriander, Saigon cinnamon, bird's eye chili, lime, and Thai basil leaves. Traditional Vietnamese cooking has often been characterized as using fresh ingredients, not using much dairy nor oil, having interesting textures, and making use of herbs and vegetables. The cuisine is also low in sugar and is almost always naturally gluten-free, as many of the dishes are rice-based instead of wheat-based, made with rice noodles, papers and flour. Vietnamese cuisine is strongly influenced not only by the cuisines of neighboring China, Cambodia and Laos, but also by French cuisine due to Vietnam’s French colonial history.

Vietnamese

Oxtail Pho Recipe (Instant Pot and Stovetop)

Vietnamese Fried Egg Banh Mi Recipe (Banh Mi Trung Op La)- "The Bang Me"

Healthy

Vegan

Vietnamese Chicken Lettuce wraps ( or Tofu!) 

Traditional Vietnamese Pickled Carrots and Daikon (Do Chua)

Vietnamese-Inspired Chicken Meatball Appetizer

Grilled Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken Recipe

Banh Mi Chicken Burgers with Scallion Mayonnaise

Asian Chicken Noodle Salad

Mo Hanh (Vietnamese Scallion Oil)

My Mom's Vietnamese Peanut Sauce (5 minute recipe!)