Chao Long

Name: Chao Long
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 150g rice, lightly toasted; 2 litres pork bone broth; Pork intestines, heart, liver and tongue, cleaned and boiled; Pork blood pudding (dồi), sliced; Spring onions, coriander and Vietnamese mint; Quẩy (fried dough sticks); Fish sauce, chilli, lime and pepper

Cháo lòng/chow LONG/

Also known as: Vietnamese Pork Offal Porridge, Chao Long Heo

About this dish

Silky rice porridge cooked in pork broth and served with pork offal, blood pudding, herbs and crispy dough sticks.

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Ingredients

🍚150g rice, lightly toasted

🍲2 litres pork bone broth

🐖Pork intestines, heart, liver and tongue, cleaned and boiled

🩸Pork blood pudding (dồi), sliced

🌿Spring onions, coriander and Vietnamese mint

🥖Quẩy (fried dough sticks)

🌶️Fish sauce, chilli, lime and pepper

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the toasted rice in the broth for 45 minutes, stirring, until it breaks down into a thick porridge.

Slice the boiled offal and blood pudding.

Season the porridge with fish sauce and pepper.

Ladle into bowls and top with the sliced offal and herbs.

Serve with dough sticks, lime and chilli.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Cháo lòng is a cheap, warming street food across Vietnam, especially popular on cold mornings in the north.

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