How to make Vietnamese Sticky Rice Cakes
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This Vietnamese Lunar New Year essential is full of rich, savory pork belly and mung beans.
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Sticky rice, pork belly, mung beans, and a couple Asian pantry staples is all you will need!
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Ingredients
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Soak and Marinate the day BEFORE
Prepping your ingredients in advance ensures you get a deep rich flavor and the perfect texture.
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DAY OF: Cook Mung Beans
Boil, mash, and then flavor your mung beans with seasonings and caramelized shallots.
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Line your Banh Chung molds
Line your mold with banana leaves to hold the cake.
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Assemble Banh Chungs
Fill your mold with rice, mung bean, and pork belly.
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Tie and Cook Sticky Rice Cake
Properly tie the cake before cooking. The leaves will lose their color during the cooking.
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Enjoy you Sticky Rice Cake.
These cakes goes great with pickled vegetables!
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BONUS: Try these cakes smashed and pan fried.
For an incredible crispy texture, try this out!
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