4 slices · Medium · 60 min · ₭ Cheap

Banh Xeo is a traditional Vietnamese thin pancake filled with meat and vegetables. Let's try to make it ourselves:)

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Ingredients

For pancake

• 2 small bowls of banh xeo flour, find in the asian super market
• 1.5 small bowls of water
• 1 tablespoon of tumeric powder

For fillings

• 1 small bowl of fresh minced pork
• ½ small bowl of tofu
• ½ small bowl of wood ear mushroom
• 1 tablespoon of green onion, thin sliced
• 5 cloves of fresh garlic, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper

For the sauce

• ½ small bowl of water
• 1 small bowl of brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• ½ teaspoon of MSG, optional
• 2 fresh chili, finely pounded
• ½ teaspoon of chili powder

Vegetables

• 2 leaves of lettuces
• 3 branches of coriander
• 2 tablespoons of mint leaves
• 2 tablespoons of Vietnamese coriander (rau ram)

Preparation

1. Make the filling: stir fry garlic with oil until golden yellow. Add pork and season with oyster sauce, salt, black pepper. Stir fry until the pork is cooked. Then add tofu and green onions. Stir for about 3 minutes and turn off the heat.

2. Make the sauce: boil water and add sugar, salt, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add pounded chili and chili powder. let it cool and pour into a small bowl.

3. Take a large bowl, add corn flour, water, and tumeric-powder. Mix together. Filter with a sieve into another bowl and mix again until it becomes a smooth liquid.

4. Heat a pan, add oil. When it's hot, add the Banh Xeo liquid mix. Make it round-shaped and thin, then add filling and bean sprouts. When it becomes crispy, cover half and take out.

5. Serving with sauce, salads, coriander, mints, and sprinkle with crispy fried red shallot.