Vietnam Food

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10mins
Cooking time: about 35 mins

Ingredients:
1.5 liters broth
300g (10 oz) pork (soft lean pork shoulder)
300g (10 oz) dried egg noodles
3 teaspoons stock granules (optional)
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 teaspoon ground pepper
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon browned shallots
100g (3 ½ oz) bean sprouts
1 lettuce head
3 sprigs scallions, minced
5 sprigs cilantro, well washed
100g (3 ½ oz) Chinese chives, well-washed, cut into 3 cm lengths
1 jalapeno pepper, sliced
2 limes, each cut into 3 pieces

Serves: 4
Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 60 mins

Ingredients:
1 liter broth
300g (10oz) pork ham, cut into thin slices
200g (7oz) Vietnamese Sausage (or Hue Sausaga), cut into thin slices
300g (10oz) small fresh shrimps, deveind
1kg (2.2lbs) fresh Quang noodle (or 500g of dried flat rice noodles)
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 teaspoon annatto seeds (or annatto powder)
3 teaspoons stock granules
2 teaspoons fish sauce