Vietnamese Fermented Pork

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Nem phùng is a traditional dish originating from the province of Hà Tây. It's made with a combination of pork, pork skin, soy beans, fig leaves, long-grain rice, and glutinous rice. It's recommended to use fresh pork rump or loin that's cut, steamed, then filleted as lean, skin, and fat, which are all cut into strips. Later on, it's mixed with thinh, a roasted and ground combination of two types of rice and soybeans. The mixture is wrapped in fig leaves and banana leaves before it's tied into square-shaped packs. The dish is usually served with a chili-based dipping sauce on the side, and it's often paired with alcoholic beverages such as beer and rice wine.