Home cooking
Vietnam
91 dishes, kept by 4 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The Vietnam shelf
What Vietnam cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Bo Kho (Vietnamese Beef Stew)
Mali
100 min
Banh Bao (Steamed Pork and Egg Buns)
Ca Nuc Sot Ca Chua (Scad in Tomato Sauce)
Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp)
Canh Rong Bien Dau Hu (An Chay Seaweed and Tofu Soup)
Chao Thit Bam (Rice Porridge with Minced Pork)
Com Tam Suon Nuong (Grilled Pork Chop with Rice)
Mali
45 min
Com Trang (Vietnamese Steamed Jasmine Rice)
Mali
25 min
Lemongrass Tofu Stir-Fry
Mali
25 min
Muc Xao Sa Ot (Squid Stir-Fry with Lemongrass and Chili)
Mali
25 min
Muoi Tieu Chanh (Salt Pepper and Lime Dip)
Muop Xao Toi (Luffa with Garlic)
I grew up in Bangkok and married into family in Saigon, so my kitchen has never had to choose sides.
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Banh Bao (Steamed Pork and Egg Buns)
Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs)
Bun Bo Hue (Hue Spicy Beef and Lemongrass Noodle Soup)
Bun Rieu Cua (Crab and Tomato Noodle Soup)
Chao Thit Bam (Rice Porridge with Minced Pork)
Com Rang Trung (Leftover-Rice Fried Rice)
Hu Tieu Nam Vang (Southern Pork and Shrimp Noodle Soup)
Mi Tom Trung (Vietnamese Instant Noodles with Egg)
Mo Hanh (Scallion Oil)
Pho Bo (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)
Trung Chien (Vietnamese Scallion Omelette)
Mali
12 min
Trung Op La Nuoc Tuong (Fried Eggs with Soy)
Lunch, without deciding twice
Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes)
Mali
55 min
Bap Cai Luoc (Boiled Cabbage)
Bap Cai Xao Thit (Stir-Fried Cabbage with Pork)
Mali
20 min
Bo Xao Hanh Tay (Beef with Onion)
Bun Bo Hue (Hue Spicy Beef and Lemongrass Noodle Soup)
Bun Cha
Mali
60 min
Bun Rieu Cua (Crab and Tomato Noodle Soup)
Ca Chien Gion (Crisp Pan-Fried Fish)
Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry)
Mali
15 min
Cai Xao Toi (Garlic Stir-Fried Bok Choy)
Mali
12 min
Ca Kho Tieu (Pepper-Braised Fish)
Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork)
Mali
30 min
Vietnam, dish of the day
Xoi Dau Xanh (Mung Bean Sticky Rice)
Vietnamese home cooking, and on the plate it is the dish at the centre and the carb everything else is eaten with.
Tonight's dinners
Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes)
Mali
55 min
Bap Cai Luoc (Boiled Cabbage)
Bap Cai Xao Thit (Stir-Fried Cabbage with Pork)
Mali
20 min
Bo Kho (Vietnamese Beef Stew)
Mali
100 min
Bo Xao Hanh Tay (Beef with Onion)
Bun Bo Hue (Hue Spicy Beef and Lemongrass Noodle Soup)
Bun Cha
Mali
60 min
Bun Rieu Cua (Crab and Tomato Noodle Soup)
Ca Chien Gion (Crisp Pan-Fried Fish)
Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry)
Mali
15 min
Ca Hap Hanh Gung (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion)
Cai Xao Toi (Garlic Stir-Fried Bok Choy)
Mali
12 min
Under thirty minutes
Banh Bao (Steamed Pork and Egg Buns)
Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs)
Bap Cai Luoc (Boiled Cabbage)
Bap Cai Xao Thit (Stir-Fried Cabbage with Pork)
Mali
20 min
Bo Xao Hanh Tay (Beef with Onion)
Ca Chien Gion (Crisp Pan-Fried Fish)
Ca Chua Xao Trung (Vietnamese Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry)
Mali
15 min
Ca Hap Hanh Gung (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion)
Cai Xao Toi (Garlic Stir-Fried Bok Choy)
Mali
12 min
Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork)
Mali
30 min
Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp)
Canh Ca Chua Trung (Tomato and Egg Drop Soup)
Who keeps this shelf
4 cooks, one kitchen, no editors in between.
Or start from the recipes
Plan a week from Vietnam
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.