Ngoc Huyen, born Vu Ha Ngoc Huyen is a reformed artist. She has won many major awards in Vietnam, received the title of Distinguished Artist and is considered to be the person who “brought cai luong to break through the old stereotypes to approach the rhythm of the times”. The female artist has been singing since the age of 14, won many awards such as the gold medal of the National Professional Festival in 1990 and 2000, the gold medal of Tran Huu Trang from 1995 to 1996, the most favorite actress Mai Vang 1995-1997. -2002… Ngoc Huyen was awarded the title of Excellent Artist in 2001. In mid-2002, she went to the US to tour, then got married with the son of singer Thanh Tuyen and settled down. Currently, the artist’s family is living in California, USA. Not only successful in career, Ngoc Huyen also has a full family life, obedient children. When she finished work, she would go to the kitchen to cook delicious meals for her family. Although she has been in the US for many years, perhaps it is impossible to forget the taste of her hometown, but the dishes that the female artist cooks are all Vietnamese. She shared that her cooking experience was taught by her mother since childhood and “Until now, I still study cooking with my mother, what she cooks, I learn that dish.” The dish she recently cooked with the right Vietnamese flavor is Saigon broken rice. Tam rice dish, she and her mother went to the kitchen to treat the whole family Broken rice is an idyllic rustic dish of Saigon people, a harmonious combination from tiny but fragrant broken rice grains, served with grilled pork cutlet and pork rind or omelet, creating a delicious dish. distinctive features of the cuisine of the people of the South. A portion of broken rice usually has ribs, skin, rolls, omelet, these are the 4 most popular side dishes, accompanied by a few slices of cucumber or tomato. Looking at Ngoc Huyen’s meal is enough to see that the taste of home dishes is always very clearly imprinted, never forgotten. In addition, the female artist also cooks many other hometown dishes: Quang noodles by her own hands. Her family often cooks Vietnamese dishes as a “emotional string” for her to remember Vietnam. She revealed that her children from childhood to adulthood always like to eat pho the most The family food of singer Ngoc Huyen is simple with every season, fresh and ensures nutrition and health. A tray of rice ensures enough nutrients for Ngoc Huyen’s family Ngoc Huyen changed dishes for the whole family with spring rolls To cook delicious broken rice like Ngoc Huyen, you can refer to the following recipe: Prepare: – Broken rice: 300g. – Regular rice: 60g. – Ribs pieces: 300g (4 pieces of cutlets). – Pork skin: 100g. – Tomato: 1 fruit. – White radish: 150g. Carrots: 150g. – Rice hearing. – 1 chili pepper, 4 garlic cloves, 3 purple onions. – Green onions: 1 small handful. – Lemon: One fruit. – Spices: Fish sauce, salt, seasoning seeds, monosodium glutamate, rice vinegar (100ml). – Seasoning for marinated ribs includes: 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons delicious fish sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 2 teaspoons sweetened condensed milk, 2 tablespoons cooking oil, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon soda water, a few drops of lemon, a little garlic and minced purple onion. Put the ribs with the prepared marinade into the bowl, mix well to absorb the seasoning. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit for 2-3 hours. Making: – Cook rice: Mix the two types of rice well, wash it, put it in a pot and pour in water to cook normally. For delicious rice, you can refer to the following recipe: The number of cups of rice is equal to the number of cups of water adding 1/2 cup of water. For example, 1 cup of rice will add 1.5 cups of water. – Grilled ribs: You can grill ribs over charcoal or in the oven. When the ribs are almost cooked, take the ribs out and dip them back into the seasoning bowl, then grill again until the ribs are golden brown and fragrant. Note, you should keep the fire low to medium, avoid quick baking, when cooked, the ribs will be more delicious. And the secret to getting delicious ribs with a more attractive golden color is to brush a layer of honey on the surface of the meat when the meat is almost cooked. – Make pickles. Grate the carrots and white radish in a bowl. Pour into a cup of 100ml vinegar, add 3 tablespoons of sugar, half a teaspoon of salt, stir until dissolved, then pour into a bowl of grated carrots and white radish. Stir well and submerge carrots and cabbage in vinegar, cover with cling film and soak for about 1 hour. – Pork skin: Boiled with a little salt, when cooked, the pork skin will shrink. Remove the cooked skin to a cup of cold water, add a little ice to soak for 5 minutes, then remove and drain. Thinly slice the skin and mix well with the hearing. – Cucumber and tomato: Cut into pieces. – Make onion fat: You boil a small amount of cooking oil in a pan, then add a cup of finely chopped scallions and add a little sugar and salt. – Garlic, chili: Finely minced. – Prepare fish sauce: Prepare half a cup of clean water, add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, stir until the sugar dissolves. Then add minced garlic and chili and mix well. A small note is that garlic and chili should be added later, then it will float on the surface of the fish sauce. And the last step, you just need to present the dish to the plate so that it is beautiful.

The dishes that are popular with Saigon people are rolls, silkworm cakes, and baked sticky bananas. Filled dishes such as mussel porridge with bitter vegetables, hot pot with fish sauce, and banh xeo are also equally attractive suggestions. Packaging Roll The West is the land of rolls. In particular, rolls are popular snacks of the people in the West. The indispensable ingredients include vegetables, vermicelli, bacon mixed with chopped pork skin and hearing. Each book usually costs 6,000 VND. Without making a strong impression on colors or ingredients, the skin rolls have a fresh, crisp texture, rich flavor, and a cool blend. Hearing the rice smells, blends into each stalk, combined with raw vegetables, vermicelli, sweet and sour fish sauce, creating a dish that makes diners fall in love. In District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, you can easily find home delivery shops on Nguyen Trai Street, street vendors Nguyen Van Chiem, Nguyen Phi Khanh… Photo: Chanlovefoods. Silkworm cake Cake originating from the Western provinces, is a delicious, nutritious and cheap breakfast dish loved by Saigon people. Many people believe that the white, long, silkworm-like bread is eaten with pig skin, so it is called silkworm cake. Skin and coconut milk create the soul of the dish. Pork skin is thinly sliced ​​evenly, mixed with minced meat, and rice for crispy, fleshy skin. Coconut milk served with smooth consistency, full of fat, salty and sweet. A few herbs, bean sprouts, cucumber help the dish not too boring. Photo: Co2kristy. When enjoying, you sprinkle sweet and sour fish sauce on top so that the ingredients are absorbed. Rich fish sauce, fragrant coconut milk, crispy skin, cool green vegetables create an unforgettable taste. Each meal costs about 40,000 VND. Not many addresses in Ho Chi Minh City sell silkworm cake to take home. To Chau (District 3) or Trung (Tan Phu District) is a suggestion to enjoy. Bitter vegetable mussel porridge The dish seems to be simple but encapsulates the rustic flavor of Western cuisine. On a rainy day in Saigon, you can slurp a rich bowl of mussel porridge, the highlight is the bitter taste of vegetables that are memorable. The bitter vegetable mussel porridge is deodorized with the fishy smell of seafood, helping diners warm their stomachs thanks to ginger and pepper. The roasted rice porridge is thickly cooked, the seasoning broth has a characteristic sweet taste, accompanied by many mussels and bitter vegetables. You can order more crackers and eggs to serve. Photo: Nguyen Anh Kiet. Mussel porridge with bitter vegetables in Ho Thi Ky, District 10 has a door-to-door delivery service. The normal meal is 27,000 VND, especially 42,000 VND. Our chicken egg mussel porridge, Bac Thao egg mussel porridge are suggestions if you are not used to eating bitter vegetables. Pancakes Different from Northern or Central Vietnamese pancakes, Southwestern pancakes have a large size, crispy crust, embracing the plump filling. The fillings for making pancakes are very diverse such as seafood, copper shrimp, dandelion flower, coconut tofu… The cake powder is mixed with a little turmeric powder, green onion, coconut milk, creating eye-catching colors. When eating, you roll the cake with a variety of raw vegetables, dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce. Crispy crust, shrimp, fresh meat, fresh vegetables… create a mouth-watering meal. Each piece of banh xeo costs from 50,000 VND, enough for 3-4 people to eat. You can order Western pancakes home from addresses such as Co Nam (District 1), Bui Dinh Tuy (Binh Thanh District), Sammy pancakes (Go Vap District). Photo: Mrvothanhtam. Noodles with fish sauce, hot pot with fish sauce Vermicelli or fish hotpot is a familiar dish for families in the countryside. The broth is cooked from fish paste, choke fish, combined with pork belly and seafood such as shrimp, squid… Special accompanying vegetables include dandelion flower, bean sprouts, water lily, water spinach, and vegetables. bitter… The broth is rich, with the aroma of fish sauce, combined with fresh and sweet meats, seafood, and cooked raw vegetables, creating a mouth-watering meal. Each hot pot portion ranges from 200,000 to 400,000 VND. Bun mam is priced from 40,000 VND/bowl. Ba Du fish sauce hot pot (District 10, District 1), Hai Lua vermicelli (Go Vap district), vermicelli 444 (Binh Thanh district) are the addresses you can refer to. Photo: Foodholicvn, Hichiko_nguyen. Baked sticky rice This is a Western snack that is loved by young people in Ho Chi Minh City because of its soft, fatty taste. Bananas are wrapped with sticky rice, banana leaves, and grilled on a charcoal stove. When ripe, the seller will add coconut milk and peanuts. The dish is best eaten while it is still hot. A meal costs from 15,000 to 22,000 VND. The address to order grilled sticky rice in Ho Chi Minh City for sweet lovers is Chu Hai (Binh Thanh District), Vo Van Tan (District 3), Hapi Chuoi (District 10, Tan Binh). Photo: Np.kitchen, chuoinuonggiatruyen.

Packaging Roll The envelope looks simple, but it combines all the flavors in the world: fragrant scent from raw vegetables, fresh chives to chewy vermicelli fibers and crispy skin. Dipping the envelope into the thin fish sauce, adding pickles to eat is delicious to know. The envelope saw it was so compact, but eating 2-3 books was enough to fit. The price is “low”, only from 5,000-7,000 VND / book, no wonder this dish is loved so much by many “snacking” people. Squid – the dish looks simple, yet addictive. This dish is very popular with office workers because it is fast, the price is “chestnut” but attractive. Banh mi commercial Simple, easy to eat and available for a long time, it is not too difficult to find a row of small commercial bread in Saigon. Accompanying tiny trade, the skin also “contributes” to create a charming chewy and lumpy charm. Although the skin makes up a relatively small proportion of the bread core, if it is lacking, the dish will lose the harmony in each taste level. Crispy bread, a chewy fat leopard must have something that is both chewy and neutral. And of course, pork skin is the “standard without needing” choice. Although it is just a “supporting character” in this dish, the pork skin still shines as bright as any ingredients. Broken rice If the grilled ribs are rich and delicious, the pulp from the rice hearing of the skin completes the flavor. It is no exaggeration to say that without skin, it will not be able to create the famous Saigon broken rice dish. No flashy, fussy, light brown skin just blends in each hot rice grain, silently smelling fragrant. Chan a little fat onions, fish sauce, bite more ribs, eat with a little chewy, that’s enough to fill your stomach. Simplicity and sophistication are what diners feel about Saigon grilled pork and pork ribs. For standard Saigon broken rice dishes, there must be a few pieces of shredded skin. Silkworm cake Silkworm cake filled with coconut milk is both fat and greasy, making people feel bored easily, so it is necessary to have skin to reconcile the flavor. The tare fiber together with the chopped meat is dried and drained, covered evenly on the surface of the silkworm cake bowl. Not only emphasizing more color to help reduce boredom, but the crunchy, fragrant, fragrant skin of the skin also enhances the flavor of this popular dish. Adding raw vegetables, fish sauce or a tiny commercial is a complete convergence of all factors that make people fall in love. Pork skin neutralizes the fatty taste of coconut milk, no wonder why this dish is not bored forever. Noodles Vermicelli is a type of vermicelli mixed with raw vegetables and some ingredients, depending on your preference, filled with fish sauce and enjoyed. Simple as that, but also enough for people to eat and satisfy their taste buds. Fresh and chewy noodles, mixed with fragrant rice, all absorbent fish sauce mixed with sour – spicy – salty – sweet flavors. Many people like to add crispy fried spring rolls, thinly sliced ​​silk rolls, so there’s an instant bowl of quality vermicelli. This dish is easy to eat so it suits all tastes even the most difficult. All the ingredients are cheap, but it creates a bowl of vermicelli that can’t be better.

Thinly sliced ​​meat is seasoned to taste. According to the elders in the locality, tré dish appeared from the Tay Son uprising, this dish is often stuffed into a ceramic bowl, buried in the corner of the kitchen to ferment to eat during Tet. And later on that dish was called the camp to the city. Tré is made from simple and easy-to-find local ingredients such as pork head, beef or lean pork. Pork head meat (ears, nose, cheeks), cleaned and boiled, sliced ​​to absorb spices easily and when the package of meat is easy to stick. Depending on preference, in addition to head meat, someone also uses skin or bacon. Meat after slicing, taste with salt and pepper to taste. Mix the meat with galangal, garlic, crushed rice. All spices are put into the brass bowl, mixed with the meat, and squeezed to absorb. Next is the wrapping stitch. Spread the banana leaves, clean young guava leaves, lay them flat on top and spread the mixture evenly on top, then roll it up tightly, firmly then cover the outside layer of new rice straw “coat” and tighten two ends are flat. Thanks to the elaborate package, Binh Dinh can be stored for many days. According to the experience of local people, the tea package must hold hands tightly, so that when opening the leaves, the leaf curls into an eye-catching block. It sounds quite simple, but if you are not used to it, it can be difficult to squeeze the discrete meat into a ball. After completing the “packaging” stage, the tea is fermented naturally, after 2 to 3 days it will ripen by itself, the spices will be absorbed together to create a characteristic flavor of the dish. After eating, people peel the straw and leaves outside, use chopsticks to beat the pieces of meat together, and then place them on a plate. When using it can be rolled with rice paper and raw vegetables, or sour food and dipped in garlic chili sauce or chili sauce. For people in Central Vietnam who are far away from the country, getting a few blows on Tet’s day is not as meaningful. Nowadays, tea dish is very popular with Quy Nhon people, so there are quite a few shops selling specialties here. Enter the restaurant, order a little chili and fresh garlic, with a cup of wine, there is nothing more interesting.