How to Make – Banh Xeo – 40 Mins -499 Kcal

published by ad2009 on Feb 20, 2010

A crispy vietnamese pancake with a prawn and pork filling.

ingredients *serves 4*

12 king prawns

120g diced pork belly

2000g bean sporut

2tbsps cooking oil

120g rice flour

300ml chinese chicken stock

1 1/3 tbsps turmeric powder

100ml coconut milk

2 beaten eggs

4 tbsps cooking oil

1 red chilli

1/2 clove of garlic

1 tbsp nuoc mam fish sauce (<—- funny name)

2 tbsp sugar

2 tbsps rice vinegar

2tbsps water

4 lettuce leaves

4 springs of coriander

4 springs of mint

untensils:

mixing bowl

chopping board

kitchen knife

fryingpan with lid

scales

JUGS

spoon

fish slice

soup ladle

cooking chopsticks

whisk

mini whisk

lets cook!!!

  • prepare mixing bowl
  • put some water in the bowl and wash the bean sporuts
  • remove the roots from the ends of the bean sprouts
  • prepare chopping board and knife
  • remove the seeds from the red chilli and cut into rings
  • peel the garlic
  • thinly slice the garlic
  • cut the pork into 2cm wide slices
  • peel the prawns and devine them
  • prepare the mixing bowl
  • put 120g of rice flour and 1 1/3 15ml of turnmeric into the bowl
  • add 300ml of chicken stock
  • blend the mixture with a whisk
  • add 100ml of cocnut milk and stir again
  • prepare small bowl
  • put the sliced red chilli and garlic in the small bowl
  • add 1 15 ml of nuoc mam fish sauce and 2 5ml of sugar
  • mix in 2 15ml spoon fulls of rice vinegar and water
  • prepare frying pan and dish
  • heat 2 15ml of cooking oil in the fryin pan and boil at a moderate heat
  • add the pork,prawns and bean sporuts and fry them for around 3 mins
  • once they are completely cooked treansfur them to a dish
  • heat 4 15ml of cooking oil in the same frying pan but over a low heat
  • after mixing the batter well pour in an individual portion of batter thinly and evenly , fry till brown
  • put an individual portouin of the filling on top of the pancake and pour half a beaten egg over it
  • put the lid on the frying pan and steam the pancakes for 3 mins
  • fry the pancake untill crispy and fold it in half and then remove it from the pan
  • place some red lettuce leaves and coriander onto the plate
  • place the cooked pancakes onto a dish and ENJOY!!!

One Response so far | Have Your Say!

  1. # 1 by Meg Smith
    June 29th, 2010 at 8:51 pm #

    I am bookmarking this to share with my homeschooling groups…

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