Bi Gwoon

lettice
Mint
Cilantro
Yook Gune (meat roll)

chicken

boil chicken to make chicken stock.
Remove chicken and let it cool
Chop the chicken
served chop chicken with a dipping sauce made of ginger powder and fish sauce.

Eggplant

Wash and slice japanese eggplant in half and then chop them into big chunky cubes.
Oil wok in high heat add garlic
Stir fry for a minute or two.
Add about half a cup of water (just ball park it)
Put a lid over the wok to steam it for another minute or two.
Add 1 spoon of chicken buillon
Add 2 or 3 dashes or fish sauce.

Ong choi

A Vietnamese dish that every Vietnamese person eats. The way you eat this dish is to dip the ong choi into the chong (dipping sauce).

Ingredients

Water
Ong choi

Chong (dipping sauce)
Fish sauce
Vinegar
Garlic
Water
Sugar
Lemon juice

1: Place ong choi in a pot of boiling water and cook it for several minutes.
2: Remove ong choi and place it in a serving plate.
3: Chop crushed garlic and place it in rice bowl with a mixure of equal parts fish sauce and rice vinegar.
4: Add a spoonful of sugar and a spoonful of water.
5: Cut a lemon in half and squeeze one half of the lemon onto the dipping sauce.
6: Stir, taste and add more sugar if needed.
7: Serve and enjoy!!!

Moon (Vietnamese Noodle Soup With Tomatoes)

This version of the soup is based on a fish broth. Also, eat the moon with fresh mint, parsley, lettuce and a dipping sauce.

Ingredients

A whole fish
Tomatoes
Onions
Ginger
Water
Choi tow
Rice noodles
Green onions

Greens

Mint
San choi (romaine lettuce)
Parsley

Chong (dipping sauce)

Minced garlic
Vinegar
Fish suace
Sugar
Water

1: In boil a pot of water and place in rice noodles until done. Strain and put aside.
2: Add 1 teaspoon of oil to wok and add a whole fish.
3: Fry for fish for one or two minutes.
4: In a large soup pot, add water and sliced ginger. Heat pot under medium heat. When pot is boiling, add fish and reduce heat to a simmer.
5: Slice choi tow (choi head) and add it to the broth.
6: Slice onions and tomatoes, stir fry them in wok under medium heat for 1 or 2 minutes.
7: Add onions and tomatoes in the soup pot. Cook the soup for about an hour.
8: Meanwhile, wash san choi (romaine lettuce), mint and parsley. Chop them up and place them in a serving bowl.
9: To make the dipping sauce, mince up the garlic and place it in a bowl. Add equal parts vinegar, fish sauce and 1 spoonful of sugar. Add some water to dilute and stir the sauce.
10: When the soup is cooked, add about 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 teasespoon chicken bullion and several dashes of fish sauce (mom did about 12-15).
11: Stir and taste. Add more salt, or fish sauce if needed.
12: Remove fish from the soup and serve it on a seperate platter.
13: Add sliced green onions to garnish.
14: Serve and enjoy!!!

Ngow Pa Yeep (Cow Instines)

Yummy yummy!!!! No I mean it, it really does taste good.

Ingredients

Cow Instines
Water

Dipping Sauce

Soy sauce
Oyster sauce
Green onions
Sugar
Water

1: Soak frozen cow instines in hot water to thaw.
2: Place them in a pot of boiling water and cook for a couple of minutes.
3: In a small bowl, toss in equal parts soy sauce and oyster sauce.
4: Cut up green onions and place them in the sauce.
5: Add about one teasespoon of salt.
6: Add a little bit of water.
7: Serve and enjoy.

Jing Sui Dou Fu (Steam Tofu)

Here is mom's steamed tofu dish!

Ingredients

Tofu
Sesame oil
Oyster sauce
Salt (optional)

1: In a big pot, fill pot up with water and heat till boil. Place a steamer into the pot.
2: Cut tofu in big squares and place them on a plate.
3: Place plate into the steamer and steam for several short minutes (about 5 min)
4: Remove tofu from steamer, sprinkle salt (optional).
5: Add sesame oil and oyster sauce (however much you like).
6: Serve and enjoy!