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My Vermicelli Obsession

August 25th, 2009 by Elaine

–Sigh–. Vietnamese vermicelli. This is by far one of my favourite dishes in Vietnamese cuisine. It’s simple, fresh, colourful, tasty and healthy. It’s also one of the dishes where I find newbies to Viet food are wary to try unless a friend in the know suggest it, which is why I am recommending it to all of you!

Grilled pork vermicelli

Grilled pork vermicelli

So what are vermicelli dishes? In a nutshell, it is a combination meat/salad dish over thin rice vermicelli noodles, where the vermicelli (usually cold or room temperature) is topped with charcoal-grilled, thinly-sliced marinated meats or seafood such as chicken, pork, beef, meatballs, shrimp, or calamari, and then finished with fresh salad greens, bean sprouts, fresh herbs including mint and coriander, chopped peanuts (beware allergies!!) and a pickled assortment of carrots, cucumber and daikon radishes.
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