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, grilling and marinating.

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, onion, fine sea salt, mint and citrus juice or vinegar. The dishes here span vietnamese classics ready in as little as 11 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: Pho Bo is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 4,010 ratings.