Totally Vietnamese: Classic Vietnamese Recipes to Make at Home

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Making delicious, exotic, and authentic Vietnamese recipes have never been this easy!

Have you always wanted to prepare healthy but interesting dishes for friends and family, but thought it was too complicated? Have the exotic herbs and flavors of Vietnamese cuisine both intrigued and intimidated you? Bring the wonder and adventure right into your home! It’s so easy.

If you’ve never tried Vietnamese food before, or just want to explore new flavors, you will love this cookbook. Inside, you’ll find all the information and best recipes to prepare authentic Vietnamese food — from the simplest to the most intricate and exotic recipes. You’ll find out how the history, geography, and lifestyle of the gentle, hardworking, and resilient people of Vietnam are reflected in each dash of spice, each grain of rice, each drop of sauce, and each mouthful of incredibly pleasurable flavors, and aromas.

Already enamored with the victuals of the East? The journey never ends! Vietnamese cuisine is dynamic — forever evolving and continuing its tradition of improvisation and resourcefulness. They have come up with dishes that unite the East and the West, dishes familiar to both, yet still uniquely distinct.

What should you expect? 50 recipes with step-by-step instructions on the best of what Vietnamese cuisine has to offer, including appetizers, soups, beef, chicken, pork, fish and seafood dishes, and lovely desserts.

As you turn the pages of this illustrated cookbook, you will discover (or maybe rediscover):

• What makes the cuisine of this Southeast Asia country so unique.
• The cooking techniques passed down from one generation to the next.
• Vietnamese cooking key ingredients, including herbs and spices, not only give flavor but offer benefits to one’s health as well.
• 50 delicious Vietnamese recipes to make at home like:
• Heartwarming soups like Beef Pho and Stuffed Bitter Melon Soup.
• Easy appetizers like Vietnamese Crepes and Fresh Spring Rolls.
• Filling beef recipes like Beef Bánh Mì sandwiches and Beef Curry.
• Favorite chicken recipes like Chicken and Mint Salad and Braised Chicken with Taro.
• Delicious pork recipes like Caramelized Pork Belly and Rice Noodles with Pork.
• Delightful fish and seafood recipes like Peppered Salmon and Steamed Tilapia in Cognac Cream.
• Sweet desserts like Mango-Tapioca Dessert Soup and Coconut Creme Caramel.

Recipes come with beautiful images, a detailed list of ingredients, the number of servings, the prep and cooking times, and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.