✨ Newdinner
Bun Bo Hue
A spicy and fragrant Vietnamese noodle soup with beef.
⏱ 150 min🔥 580 kcalHard
★4.8(3,200)
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Vietnamese Shrimp Recipes
20 recipes using shrimp — Pho, bánh mì, fresh spring rolls — light, fresh and fragrant.
These 20 vietnamese shrimp recipes are ready in about 86 minutes on average, with 160–620 kcal per serving, and 5% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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recipes
86 min
average time
418 kcal
avg per serving
5%
easy recipes
How Vietnamese cuisine cooks with shrimp
Vietnamese food is fresh and delicate — fragrant broths and herb-laden plates that feel light yet deeply flavoured. When Vietnamese cooks work with shrimp, they reach for fish sauce, lime, fresh herbs, lemongrass, chilli and rice, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are boiling, simmering, frying and steaming.
Sweet, quick-cooking shellfish that go from raw to ready in two or three minutes — perfect for fast, high-heat dishes. In this collection it's most often cooked with fish sauce, rice flour, scallions, coconut milk, bean sprouts and lettuce. The dishes here span vietnamese classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Bánh Xèo is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 980 ratings.
20 Vietnamese Shrimp Recipes
✨ Newdinner
Banh Xeo
Crispy Vietnamese pancakes filled with shrimp and bean sprouts.
⏱ 60 min🔥 500 kcalMedium
★4.7(2,300)
soup
Bun Bo Hue
A spicy, complex Vietnamese beef noodle soup from Hue with lemongrass, shrimp paste, and thick round noodles.
⏱ 210 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.8(1,100)
✨ Newsoup
Bún Bò Huế (Spicy Central Vietnamese Beef & Pork Noodle Soup)
A fiery, lemongrass-scented beef and pork noodle soup from the former imperial city of Huế — Vietnam's most intensely flavoured soup.
⏱ 210 min🔥 520 kcalHard
★4.8(1,340)
lunch
Banh Hoai (Hoi An Cao Lau Noodles)
Central Vietnamese specialty: crispy fried noodles with pork, shrimp, greens, and herb-rich sauce.
⏱ 40 min🔥 450 kcalMedium
★4.7(334)
starter
Nem Ran (Central Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls)
Crispy fried spring rolls with pork, shrimp, and glass noodles — a Central Vietnamese favorite.
⏱ 50 min🔥 280 kcalMedium
★4.7(412)
soup
Tom Yum Goong (Southern Vietnamese Hot and Sour Shrimp Soup)
Aromatic, spicy, and tangy Southeast Asian soup with shrimp, lemongrass, galangal, and lime.
⏱ 40 min🔥 180 kcalMedium
★4.8(524)
starter
Chả Giò
Vietnamese crispy fried spring rolls with pork and shrimp filling — crunchy outside, savory inside.
⏱ 50 min🔥 320 kcalMedium
★4.8(1,980)
✨ Newlunch
Bánh Xèo
Vietnamese sizzling turmeric-coconut rice crepe stuffed with shrimp, pork, and beansprouts — wrapped in herbs.
⏱ 55 min🔥 540 kcalMedium
★4.9(980)
✨ Newsoup
Bún Bò Huế (Vietnamese Spicy Beef Noodle Soup)
Central Vietnam's fiery lemongrass beef and pork noodle soup — deeper, spicier and more aromatic than its northern cousin pho.
⏱ 210 min🔥 620 kcalHard
★4.8(760)
✨ Newlunch
Bún Riêu (Vietnamese Crab and Tomato Noodle Soup)
A vibrant, tangy Vietnamese noodle soup with tomatoes, crab paste, and fluffy egg-and-crab dumplings — one of Hanoi's most beloved street-food bowls.
⏱ 130 min🔥 480 kcalHard
★4.8(690)
✨ Newdinner
Vietnamese Garlic Butter Noodles with Shrimp
Quick garlic-butter egg noodles tossed with seared shrimp, a popular Vietnamese-American fusion dish.
⏱ 30 min🔥 480 kcalEasy
★4.2(28)
✨ Newsalad
Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad (Goi Du Du)
A crunchy, tangy shredded green papaya salad with herbs, peanuts, and a bright lime dressing.
⏱ 25 min🔥 160 kcalMedium
★4.4(74)
✨ Newsnack
Vietnamese Shrimp and Scallion Pancakes (Banh Xeo-Style)
Crispy turmeric rice-flour pancakes filled with shrimp, pork, and bean sprouts.
⏱ 55 min🔥 460 kcalHard
★4.4(70)
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✨ Newstarter
Vietnamese Steamed Rice Cakes (Banh Beo)
Delicate steamed rice flour cakes topped with shrimp, fried shallots, and a savory fish sauce dressing.
⏱ 60 min🔥 180 kcalHard
★4.2(30)
✨ Newsnack
Vietnamese Fried Spring Rolls (Cha Gio)
Crispy fried spring rolls packed with pork, shrimp, and vegetables, a party favorite across Vietnam.
⏱ 65 min🔥 320 kcalHard
★4.1(79)
✨ Newdinner
Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepe)
A crisp turmeric rice-flour crepe filled with pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts, folded and wrapped in lettuce with herbs and nuoc cham.
⏱ 50 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.7(25)
✨ Newsoup
Banh Canh (Vietnamese Thick Noodle Soup)
A hearty Vietnamese soup with thick, chewy tapioca-rice noodles, pork, and shrimp in a savory broth, finished with scallions and cracked pepper.
⏱ 110 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.5(37)
✨ Newdinner
Vietnamese Pineapple Fried Rice with Tamarind
Vietnamese fried rice tossed with sweet pineapple, shrimp, and a tangy tamarind glaze, finished with crispy shallots.
⏱ 40 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.5(89)
✨ Newbreakfast
Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes) with Tomato
Crispy turmeric rice-flour crepes filled with pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts, wrapped in lettuce and fresh herbs.
⏱ 74 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.6(23)
Choosing & preparing shrimp
How to choose
Look for firm, translucent flesh with a clean sea smell — never ammonia. Shell-on shrimp keep more flavour; larger counts (fewer per kilo) mean bigger shrimp.
Prep & storage
Peel and devein, leaving the tail on for presentation if you like. A quick brine firms the texture; pat dry before searing so they brown rather than steam.
When is it done?
Cook just until they curl into a loose C and turn opaque pink — a tight O means they're overdone and rubbery.
Nutrition
Very lean and high in protein, with selenium, vitamin B12 and iodine for few calories.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, chilli, butter, ginger, parsley
Vietnamese Shrimp Recipes — FAQ
How long do Vietnamese shrimp recipes take to make?
Most of these 20 Vietnamese shrimp recipes are ready in around 86 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad (Goi Du Du), takes about 25 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 210 minutes.
How many calories are in Vietnamese shrimp dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 160 to 620 kcal per serving, averaging 418 kcal — Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad (Goi Du Du) is the lightest option at 160 kcal.
What is the easiest Vietnamese shrimp recipe for beginners?
Vietnamese Garlic Butter Noodles with Shrimp is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 30 minutes. 5% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with shrimp in Vietnamese cooking?
In these recipes, shrimp is most often paired with fish sauce, rice flour, scallions, coconut milk, bean sprouts and lettuce. Vietnamese kitchens also lean on fish sauce, lime, fresh herbs, lemongrass, chilli and rice.
How do I know when shrimp is properly cooked?
Cook just until they curl into a loose C and turn opaque pink — a tight O means they're overdone and rubbery.
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