Banh Tet

Name: Banh Tet
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1kg glutinous rice, soaked overnight; 400g split mung beans, soaked; 500g pork belly, in long strips; 200ml coconut milk; Shallots, fish sauce, salt and pepper; Banana leaves and kitchen string

Bánh tét/bahn TET/

Also known as: Banh Tet Nhan Man, Vietnamese Sticky Rice Log

About this dish

A log-shaped sticky rice cake filled with mung bean and pork belly, wrapped in banana leaves and boiled for hours.

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Ingredients

🍚1kg glutinous rice, soaked overnight

🫘400g split mung beans, soaked

🐖500g pork belly, in long strips

🥥200ml coconut milk

🧅Shallots, fish sauce, salt and pepper

🍃Banana leaves and kitchen string

Method

Serves 2

Mix the rice with coconut milk and salt; steam and mash the mung beans with shallots and pepper; season the pork.

Lay banana leaves flat, spread a layer of rice, then mung bean with a strip of pork in the middle.

Cover with more rice and roll tightly into a log.

Tie firmly with string along its length.

Boil for 8–10 hours, topping up with water, then cool and slice into rounds.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bánh tét is the essential Tết (Lunar New Year) food of southern Vietnam, the cylindrical cousin of the north's square bánh chưng.

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