Vietnamese Pancakes

Vietnamese Pancakes
🍽 6 servings ⏱ 45 min 📝 5 steps

Vietnamese Pancakes with Vegetables, Herbs and a Fragrant Dipping Sauce (B nh X o) — a flavorful, free‑flowing review with cooking insights, ready in about 45 minutes, plus serving ideas and honest tweaks.

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/3 cups brown rice flour
  • 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups coconut milk (water as needed)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1-inch piece ginger, grated
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 1 fresh green chili, minced
  • 2 fresh red chilies, sliced
  • 4 green onions, sliced
  • 1 cup enoki mushrooms, trimmed
  • 1 1/2 cups snow peas, sliced
  • 2/3 cup basil leaves, chopped
  • 1/4 cup mint leaves, chopped
  • 1 cup parsley or cilantro, chopped
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp tamari
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • Sesame oil, for frying
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1 cup mung bean sprouts

Instructions

  1. Whisk rice flour, turmeric, and coconut milk for batter.
  2. Heat skillet with oil, pour thin layer of batter.
  3. Top with shrimp, pork, and bean sprouts.
  4. Fold pancake and cook until crisp.
  5. Serve with dipping sauce.