Banh Xeo Recipe (Sizzling Saigon Crepes)
November 25th, 2009 | Vietnamese Recipes | 30 Comments
I have yet traveled to Vietnam but I am a big fan of Vietnamese food, thanks to the Little Saigon in Orange County—the largest Vietnamese enclave outside of Vietnam and the place I shop, eat, and have cheap massages! Last weekend, my friend Chef Danhi invited me to join his Little Saigon tour. Towards to the end of the tour, he did a cooking demo of banh xeo (pronounced as banh say-oh), or Vietnamese coconut crepes with pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts, a recipe that I have been wanting to learn. I volunteered to help him make a serving of banh xeo.
The next day, I went to the market and got all the ingredients and practiced further at home. While banh xeo is not that hard to make, getting the perfect shape without breaking the crepe is a skill I surely need to work on, or perhaps, I will have to acquire the pan flipping skill that would flip the banh xeo and land it on the pan instead of the kitchen floor…(get Vietnamese banh xeo recipe after the jump)
