List of Vietnamese ingredients

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This is a list of ingredients found in Vietnamese cuisine.

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Meat

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Beef
thịt bò
Bo 7 mon.jpg Phở, Gỏi bò, Bò lá lốt, Bò nướng hànhBeef is used less commonly, save for pho and the famed Bò 7 món ("Seven-course beef")
Chicken
thịt gà
fish
goat meat
thịt dê
Tai de.jpg
Dog meat
thịt chó
Steameddog.JPG
Frog legs
đùi ếch
Bag of frogs legs.jpg
Shrimp
tôm
Tom kho.jpg
Pork
thịt heo
Nereididae
rươi
Nereididae in Cuisine of Vietnam 2.JPG 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
CamauTurtle.jpg Cà Mau province
Snail
Ốc bươu
Oc buou nhoi thit 1.jpg stuffed with pork (Ốc bươu nhồi thịt) or steamed and served with rice vinegar (ốc bươu hấp hèm)

Insects

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Lethocerus indicus
Cà cuống
Lethocerus indicus.jpg giant water bug

Grain and grain-based ingredients

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Glutinous rice
gạo nếp
Wheat gluten (food)
mì căng or mì căn
Kurumafu.jpg meat substitute

Legume

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Black-eyed pea
đậu trắng
Hyacinth bean
đậu ván
Mung bean
đậu xanh
MungBean.jpg
Winged bean
đậu rồng

Vegetables

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Allium chinense
củ kiệu
Amaranth
rau dền
Bitter melon
Khổ qua, mướp đắng
Bittermelonfruit.jpg 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

Gardenology.org-IMG 7621 qsbg11mar.jpg Canh chua, Bún bung, Bún móng giò Giant elephant ear or Indian taro
Cucumber
dưa leo
Garland chrysanthemum
cải cúc or tần ô
Tan o.jpg 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
Rau muong xao toi.jpg
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

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
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
Elsholtzia ciliata-1.jpg typically used raw to accompany cooked foods such as grilled meats.Vietnamese Balm, Vietnamese mint
Houttuynia cordata
giấp cá or diếp cá
Houttynia cordata Leaf.jpg fishy-smell herb
Lemon grass
sả
Eryngium foetidum
ngò gai
Hombay3.jpg Long coriander/saw tooth coriander/culantro
Peppermint
húng cây or rau bạc hà
Perilla
tía tô
Rice paddy herb
ngò ôm
Rice Paddy Herb.jpg
Spearmint
húng lủi
Thai basil
rau quế
Thai basil with flowers.jpg
Turmeric
nghệ
Vietnamese coriander
rau răm
Laksa-bush.jpg

Fruits

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Acerola
xơ-ri
Malpighia glabra.jpg
Annona or sugar-apple,
na, mãng cầu
Sugar-apples 5, Taitung County, Dec 06.JPG
Apricot
Apricots.jpg
Buddha's hand
phật thủ
Buddhas hand 2.jpg
Canistel
trái trứng gà
Egg fruit DS.jpg
Cherimoya
mãng cầu tây
Cherimoya fruit hg.jpg
Chinese date
táo tàu
Azufaifas (fcm).jpg
Cam sành Camsanh.jpg green orange
Sugar-apple
bình bát or mãng cầu
Custapp.jpg Custard apple
Dracontomelon
sấu
Fruits of Dracontomelon duperreanum.JPG
Durian
sầu riêng
Durio kutej F 070203 ime.jpg
Gac
gấc
Xôi gấc – made with sweet glutinous rice and the aril and seeds of the gấc fruitBaby Jackfruit, Spiny Bitter Gourd, Sweet Gourd, or Cochinchin Gourd
Chrysophyllum cainito
vú sữa
Chrysophyllum cainito0.jpg Green star apple
Guava
ổi
Guava bangalore.jpg
Jackfruit
mít
Young Jackfruit.JPG Mít sấy – Jackfruit chips
Langsat
bòn bon
Lanzones.jpg
Lime (fruit)
chanh (chanh ta)
Limes.jpg Chanh muối – salted, pickled lime
Duku
nhãn
2014-10-15 Lansium domesticum anagoria2.jpg Chè nhãn
Lychee
vải
Litchi chinensis Luc Viatour.jpg
Mandarin orange
quýt
California mandarins.JPG
Mango
xoài
GntMango2.jpg
Mangosteen
măng cụt
Otaheite gooseberry
chùm ruột
Phyllanthus acidus2.jpg
Papaya
đu đủ
Papaya.jpg
Persimmon
hồng
Persimon.jpg
Pitaya
dragon fruit, thanh long
Dragonfruit Chiayi market.jpg
Plum
mận
Plums early morning.jpg
Pomegranate
lựu
Pomegranate03 edit.jpg
Pomelo
bưởi
Citrus grandis - Honey White.jpg
Rambutan
chôm chôm
Exotic Fruit-Rambutans005.JPG
Sapodilla
hồng xiêm or xa-pô-chê
Chikoo.JPG
Spondias 2014-10-11 Spondias dulcis Goldpflaume anagoria.JPG
Spondias cytherea
cóc
Soursop
mãng cầu Xiêm
Soursop fruit.jpg
Star fruit
khế
Averrhoa carambola ARS k5735-7.jpg
Syzygium jambos
Rose apple
roi in the North, in the South
Starr 050818-4168 Syzygium jambos.jpg
Tomato
cà chua
Bright red tomato and cross section02.jpg
Syzygium aqueum
Water apple
roi in the north, mận in the south
Jambuair.jpg
Watermelon
dưa hấu
Watermelons.jpg

Others

Name
Local name
ImageRegionUsageDescription
Eryngium foetidum
Galangal
Garland chrysanthemum
Gnaphalium affine
Houttuynia
Jícama
Lethocerus indicus
Limnophila aromatica
Lolot
lá lốt
La lot.JPG 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
Lima beans.jpg Thừa Thiên Huế province Chè đậu ngựlima beans
Sapodilla
Sauropus androgynus
Sesbania bispinosa
Sesbania grandiflora
Sesbania sesban
Sterculia lychnophora
Syzygium jambos
Syzygium samarangense
Volvariella volvacea

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