Name: Authentic Banh Chung (Vietnamese Square Sticky Rice Cake)
Prep time: 480 min
Cook time: 360 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 1 kg glutinous rice; 400 grams skinless pork belly (cut into 1-inch strips); 200 grams dried split mung beans; 400 grams banana leaves (about 20 large leaves); 1 tablespoon cooking oil (plus more for greasing); 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 tablespoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon salt (plus more for soaking rice); 20 grams dried scallions (optional, for aroma); String or kitchen twine (for tying)

Banh Chung 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Vietnamese square glutinous rice cake filled with pork and mung beans, wrapped in banana leaves.

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Made with

Glutinous rice pork mung beans banana leaves

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