Bun (Rice vermicelli) is made of
rice flour which is turned into small, circular and white threads
wrapped up into small coils called Con Bun. Vietnamese rice vermicelli is a preferable as well as a popular dish!
The
best rice noodles have only two ingredients: rice or rice flour, and
water. Rice vermicelli are thin, translucent noodles that are similar to
cellophane noodles, with which they are often confused (rice vermicelli
are made from rice; cellophane noodles are made from bean starch).
There are different varieties of vermicelli depending on their shape:
bun roi (stirred vermicelli), bun mam (twisted vermicelli), bun la
(vermicelli paper), and bun dem tram (shreded vermicelli).
Rice vermicelli noodles are delicious and easy to prepare. Let’s see how rice vermicelli dishes are prepared step by step!
Before
cooking, simply soak rice vermicelli in warm (not hot) water for just
two minutes. Then, in order to have a delicious bowl of rice, you should
add different kinds of ingredients and vegetables.
You can choose one
of various ingredients that can be served with vermicelli such as:
grilled pork meat, fried rice cakes, snails, fried eggs, lean meat pie,
chicken, and crab soup, etc.
Bun cha
Do
not be so surprised if you see that each region and locality, even each
restaurant, has its own vermicelli dishes with their own recipes. There are a variety of ways to enjoy rice vermicelli, each dish having its own unique taste, for example: “Bun Cha” (vermicelli and grilled chopped meat), “Bun Rieu” (vermicelli and sour crab soup), “Bun Bo” (vermicelli and beef ), “Bun Oc” (vermicelli and snails) and so on.
Let’s try the very delicious taste of Bun Cha and Bun Oc! Bun Cha (Vermicelli
and grilled chopped meat) includes rice vermicelli, grilled pork and
spicy, raw vegetables and well mixed fish sauce. For a dish of Bun Cha,
you take a dish of rice vermicelli, a dish full of vegetables and a bowl
of fish sauce combined with vinegar, sugar, hot chilly, garlic and
pepper. The sauce will then contain all the essential tastes, sour,
hot, salty and sweet. Grilles of well cooked pork would be opened and
the contents dropped into the bowl of fish sauce.
There are
Bun oc
two
kinds of Cha (grilled pork) used, depending upon the cut of the meat.
If the pork is cut into small pieces, it is called Cha Mieng (piece of
grilled pork). If it is minced prior to being shaped into small cubes,
it is named Cha Bam (minced grilled pork). Bun Oc (Rice vermicelli with fresh
water snail) has fresh water snails as main ingredient. These snails
will have been kept in clean fresh water for about ten hours before
being boiled for the dish, to allow sufficient time for the snails to
release any organic matter they may have in their shells. The boiled
snails after being taken out of their shells would be cleaned. The soup
for the dish is made from the water in which snails have been boiled in.
To the soup is added tomatoes and several kinds of flavour and vinegar.
Rice vermicelli are a part of different Vietnamese cuisines.Walking along some streets and stopping at one rice vermicelli vendor in Hanoi or Sai Gon, you will have chances for tasting various dishes of rice vermicelli with unforgettable flavor!
Vietnam Culinary!
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