Vietnam

Bánh Giò

Name: Bánh Giò
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4 pieces
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 200 g + 50 g Rice flour & tapioca flour; 1 l Pork or bone broth; 250 g Minced pork; some of each Wood-ear mushrooms & shallots; some of each Fish sauce & pepper; 4 Banana leaves

Pyramid-shaped rice-dough parcel with pork

Bánh giò is a pyramid-shaped Vietnamese parcel of soft rice-and-tapioca-flour paste, wrapped in banana leaves.

The filling of minced pork, wood-ear mushrooms and shallots makes it savoury; a beloved, filling breakfast from the streets of Hanoi.

Servings4 pieces

Time90 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Rice flour & tapioca flour200 g + 50 g
Pork or bone broth1 l
Minced pork250 g
Wood-ear mushrooms & shallotssome of each
Fish sauce & peppersome of each
Banana leaves4

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook rice and tapioca flour with broth, stirring, into a thick paste.
Fry minced pork with mushrooms, shallots and fish sauce.
Fold banana leaves into cones, layer paste and filling.
Shape into pyramids and seal.
Steam about 30 minutes, let cool a little.

Make it original

Rice flour and wood-ear mushrooms for bánh giò are in the Asia Boutique.

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