Five spice chicken is warm, deep, robust and fragrant. Five spice in itself is a balance of salty, sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. This juicy, well marinated chicken boasts a crispy skin…

Lemongrass is a Vietnamese staple ingredient. It’s bright, citrusy, and when cooked it imparts a subtle, distinctive flavor…

Grilled, bone in, crispy skin, chicken. A common street food and easy to make. Gà Nướng is a simple Vietnamese dish. The chicken is the star and unlike it’s pork…

A whole chicken breast can be more than we need. The butterfly cutting technique is to open the chicken breast, creating a thinner surface area. Many will refer to it as cutting into…

Learn the basics of butterflying a bone-in chicken quarter. A complete step by step guide with pictures to make learning easy…

This recipe for fried wings works because the wings are lightly marinated, deep fried then added into a pan tossed with toasty bits of garlic, fried shallots, green onions, Maldon sea salt chips and optional heat. Don’t let the simplicity in this dish fool you. It’s incredibly addicting…

Hu Tieu is a Southern Vietnamese noodle soup. It’s popular because it’s not as medicinal as pho. All of the things that make pho smell the way it does, from star anise, cloves, cinnamon, this infamous soup has none. The recipe’s broth boasts a beautiful, rich, velvety, soup with a slightly chewy noodle…

Quail eggs are commonly used in Vietnamese recipes. Learn the basics of where, what, how, and why we use them…

Phở is the most well known soup affiliated with the Vietnamese culture. The aromas of this broth is very distinctive. Served piping hot, with perfectly poached chicken. It’s topped with fresh herbs to offset the heartiness of the aromatics. This noodle soup is a star. If you’re looking for a good solid fool proof pho recipe that will impress a Vietnamese Grandma, this is it…

Vietnamese dishes are always a balance of sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter, fat, and umami. This salad embodies all of these flavors. It’s incredibly refreshing and is a far cry from what a salad is often known for, boring. The textural elements make it easy to enjoy with the added benefits of it being incredibly healthy. It packs…