Vietnamese Rice Recipes

Vietnamese food is fresh and delicate — fragrant broths and herb-laden plates that feel light yet deeply flavoured. When Vietnamese cooks work with rice, they reach for fish sauce, lime, fresh herbs, lemongrass, chilli and rice, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, marinating and grilling.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with fish sauce, garlic, scallions, cucumber, bean sprouts and lemongrass. The dishes here span vietnamese classics ready in as little as 11 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.