List of Vietnamese ingredients

This is a list of ingredients found in Vietnamese cuisine.

## Meat

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Beef
thịt bò |  |  | Phở, Gỏi bò, Bò lá lốt, Bò nướng hành  | Beef is used less commonly, save for pho and the famed Bò 7 món ("Seven-course beef")
Chicken
thịt gà |  |  |  |
fish
cá |  |  |  |
goat meat
thịt dê |  |  |  |
Dog meat
thịt chó |  |  |  |
Frog legs
đùi ếch |  |  |  |
Shrimp
tôm |  |  |  |
Pork
thịt heo |  |  |  |
Nereididae
rươi |  | Hanoi | fried "rươi" omelette (chả rươi), fermented "rươi" sauce (mắm rươi), steamed rươi (rươi hấp), stir-fried rươi with radish or bamboo shoot (rươi xào củ niễng măng tươi hay củ cải).  | ragworms
Turtle
rùa |  | Cà Mau province |  |
Snail
Ốc bươu |  |  | stuffed with pork (Ốc bươu nhồi thịt) or steamed and served with rice vinegar (ốc bươu hấp hèm)  |

## Insects

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Lethocerus indicus
Cà cuống |  |  |  | giant water bug

## Grain and grain-based ingredients

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Glutinous rice
gạo nếp |  |  |  |
Wheat gluten (food)
mì căng or mì căn  |  |  |  | meat substitute

## Legume

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Black-eyed pea
đậu trắng |  |  |  |
Hyacinth bean
đậu ván |  |  |  |
Mung bean
đậu xanh |  |  |  |
Winged bean
đậu rồng |  |  |  |

## Vegetables

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Allium chinense
củ kiệu |  |  |  |
Amaranth
rau dền |  |  |  |
Bitter melon
Khổ qua, mướp đắng |  |  | Canh Khổ Qua (Bitter Melon Soup), Tea, Omlet with bittermelon. Leaves and young shoots can be used as in stir fries.  |
Bok choy
Cải bó xôi |  |  |  |
Cabbage
Cải bắp, bắp cải  |  |  |  |
Carrot
Cà rốt |  |  |  |
Cauliflower
Súp-lơ or bông cải |  |  |  |
Ceylon spinach
Mồng tơi |  |  |  |
Chayote
Su su |  |  |  |
Centella asiatica
rau má |  |  |  | pennywort
Chili pepper
ớt |  |  |  |
Leucocasia gigantea

dọc mùng, môn bạc hà

|  |  | Canh chua, Bún bung, Bún móng giò | Giant elephant ear or Indian taro
Cucumber
dưa leo |  |  |  |
Garland chrysanthemum
cải cúc or tần ô |  |  |  | Crown daisy
White radish
củ cải trắng |  |  |  |
Eggplant
cà tím, cà dái dê |  |  |  |
Eleocharis dulcis or water chestnut
củ năng |  |  |  |
Water dropwort
rau cần ta |  |  |  |
Katuk
Sweet leaf rau ngót |  |  |  |
Joseph's-coat
rau dền đỏ |  |  |  |
Telosma cordata
hoa thiên lý |  |  |  |
Water cress
cải xoong |  |  |  |
Water spinach
rau muống |  |  |  |
Grape leaves
lá nho |  |  |  |
Welsh onion
hành |  |  | mỡ hành (chopped scallions cooked by pouring boiling oil over them to release their aroma), Bò nướng hành (strips of beef wrapped around a scallion)  |

## Spices and herbs

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Bacopa monnieri
rau đắng |  |  |  |
Black cardamom
bạch đậu khấu |  |  |  |
Cleistocalyx operculatus |  |  |  |
Dill
thì là |  |  | chả cá and canh cá thì là  |
Elsholtzia ciliata
kinh giới |  |  | typically used raw to accompany cooked foods such as grilled meats.  | Vietnamese Balm, Vietnamese mint
Houttuynia cordata
giấp cá or diếp cá |  |  |  | fishy-smell herb
Lemon grass
sả |  |  |  |
Eryngium foetidum
ngò gai |  |  |  | Long coriander/saw tooth coriander/culantro
Peppermint
húng cây or rau bạc hà |  |  |  |
Perilla
tía tô |  |  |  |
Rice paddy herb
ngò ôm |  |  |  |
Spearmint
húng lủi |  |  |  |
Thai basil
rau quế |  |  |  |
Turmeric
nghệ |  |  |  |
Vietnamese coriander
rau răm |  |  |  |

## Fruits

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Name
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Acerola
xơ-ri |  |  |  |
Annona or sugar-apple,
na, mãng cầu |  |  |  |
Apricot
mơ |  |  |  |
Buddha's hand
phật thủ |  |  |  |
Canistel
trái trứng gà |  |  |  |
Cherimoya
mãng cầu tây |  |  |  |
Chinese date
táo tàu |  |  |  |
Cam sành |  |  |  | green orange
Sugar-apple
bình bát or mãng cầu |  |  |  | Custard apple
Dracontomelon
sấu |  |  |  |
Durian
sầu riêng |  |  |  |
Gac
gấc |  |  | Xôi gấc – made with sweet glutinous rice and the aril and seeds of the gấc fruit  | Baby Jackfruit, Spiny Bitter Gourd, Sweet Gourd, or Cochinchin Gourd
Chrysophyllum cainito
vú sữa |  |  |  | Green star apple
Guava
ổi |  |  |  |
Jackfruit
mít |  |  | Mít sấy – Jackfruit chips  |
Langsat
bòn bon |  |  |  |
Lime (fruit)
chanh (chanh ta)  |  |  | Chanh muối – salted, pickled lime  |
Duku
nhãn |  |  | Chè nhãn  |
Lychee
vải |  |  |  |
Mandarin orange
quýt |  |  |  |
Mango
xoài |  |  |  |
Mangosteen
măng cụt |  |  |  |
Otaheite gooseberry
chùm ruột |  |  |  |
Papaya
đu đủ |  |  |  |
Persimmon
hồng |  |  |  |
Pitaya
dragon fruit, thanh long |  |  |  |
Plum
mận |  |  |  |
Pomegranate
lựu |  |  |  |
Pomelo
bưởi |  |  |  |
Rambutan
chôm chôm |  |  |  |
Sapodilla
hồng xiêm or xa-pô-chê |  |  |  |
Spondias |  |  |  |
Spondias cytherea
cóc |  |  |  |
Soursop
mãng cầu Xiêm |  |  |  |
Star fruit
khế |  |  |  |
Syzygium jambos
Rose apple
roi in the North, lý in the South  |  |  |  |
Tomato
cà chua |  |  |  |
Syzygium aqueum
Water apple
roi in the north, mận in the south  |  |  |  |
Watermelon
dưa hấu |  |  |  |

## Others

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Eryngium foetidum |  |  |  |
Galangal |  |  |  |
Garland chrysanthemum |  |  |  |
Gnaphalium affine |  |  |  |
Houttuynia |  |  |  |
Jícama |  |  |  |
Lethocerus indicus |  |  |  |
Limnophila aromatica |  |  |  |
Lolot
lá lốt |  |  | a flavoring wrap for grilling meats (Bò cuốn lá lốt)  | Piper lolot or lolot pepper
Luffa |  |  |  |
Luffa acutangula |  |  |  |
Luffa aegyptiaca |  |  |  |
Mesona |  |  |  |
Peristrophe roxburghiana |  |  |  |
Phaseolus lunatus
đậu ngự |  | Thừa Thiên Huế province | Chè đậu ngự  | lima beans
Sapodilla |  |  |  |
Sauropus androgynus |  |  |  |
Sesbania bispinosa |  |  |  |
Sesbania grandiflora |  |  |  |
Sesbania sesban |  |  |  |
Sterculia lychnophora |  |  |  |
Syzygium jambos |  |  |  |
Syzygium samarangense |  |  |  |
Volvariella volvacea |  |  |  |

## See also

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* Vietnamese cuisine
* List of Vietnamese culinary specialities
* List of Vietnamese dishes
* Vietnamese noodles

## References

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