Home cooking
Vietnam
75 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
Bap Cai Luoc (Boiled Cabbage)
Ca Hap Hanh Gung (Steamed Fish with Ginger and Scallion)
Canh Bi Dao (Winter Melon Soup with Ground Pork)
Mali
30 min
Canh Chua Ca (Vietnamese Sweet and Sour Fish Soup)
Mali
35 min
Chao Ga (Chicken Congee)
Dau Phu Kho Tieu (An Chay Braised Tofu with Pepper)
Dau Que Xao Thit (Green Beans with Pork)
Dua Leo Ca Chua (Cucumber and Tomato Plate)
Muop Dang Xao Trung (Bitter Melon with Egg)
Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese Dipping Sauce)
Mali
10 min
Nuoc Mam Gung (Ginger Fish Sauce)
Su Su Xao Toi (Chayote with Garlic)
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Banh Mi Op La (Baguette with Fried Eggs)
Chao Thit Bam (Rice Porridge with Minced Pork)
Com Rang Trung (Leftover-Rice Fried Rice)
Mo Hanh (Scallion Oil)
Trung Chien (Vietnamese Scallion Omelette)
Mali
12 min
Trung Op La Nuoc Tuong (Fried Eggs with Soy)
Xoi Dau Xanh (Mung Bean Sticky Rice)
Xoi Lac (Peanut Sticky Rice)
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 Cha
Mali
60 min
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
Canh Bi Do Nau Tom Kho (Pumpkin Soup with Dried Shrimp)
Canh Ca Chua Trung (Tomato and Egg Drop Soup)
Vietnam, dish of the day
Com Trang (Vietnamese Steamed Jasmine Rice)
Vietnamese home cooking, and on the plate it is 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 Cha
Mali
60 min
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
Ca Kho Tieu (Pepper-Braised Fish)
Ca Kho To (Clay Pot Caramel Braised Catfish)
Mali
45 min
Under thirty minutes
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)
Canh Cai Thit Bam (Mustard Greens Soup with Ground Pork)
Mali
25 min
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.