Banh Xeo

Banh Xeo or when literally translated “Sizzling Cake” is a Vietnamese style crepe / pancake prepared with rice flour, turmeric, pork, shrimps and a variety of vegetables like spring onions and bean sprouts.

Bánh Xèo or when literally translated “Sizzling Cake” is a Vietnamese style crepe / pancake prepared with rice flour, turmeric, pork, shrimps and a variety of vegetables like spring onions and bean sprouts. It got its name from the sound it produces when cooking it, when the batter made out of rice flour is poured into the hot fillet gives that sizzling sound not found on usual pancakes.

Bánh Xèo is popular across the whole of Vietnam but each region will have their own style or method of preparation that sets it apart from others. The Southern-Style usually uses coconut milk, in Central Regions they don’t use turmeric and they also use pork liver, neighbouring countries also had inherited the dish hence the Cambodians and the Thais have their own versions as well.

This dish is usually consumed by hand accompanied with a some greens like mustard greens or lettuce leaves, it can be consumed as a side or even as mains. Cooking and the recipe of this dish is quite simple but since there are a lot of elements in making one it can be time consuming to prepare it as you have to prepare them one by one. What’s bad is after all that preparation, the time devouring this will easily take just a portion of that hassle as this is so good. Do you think it’s all worth the effort? Well for me it is.

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