Name: Authentic Banh Tet Recipe
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 300 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 500g glutinous rice (soaked overnight); 200g mung beans (split, skinless, soaked for 4 hours); 300g pork belly (skin removed, cut into strips); 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon MSG (optional, for authenticity); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 1 shallot (minced); 1 teaspoon turmeric powder; Banana leaves (about 10 large leaves, plus extra for lining); Kitchen twine or bamboo strings (for tying); 1 teaspoon salt (for cooking rice); 1/2 cup cooking oil

Banh Tet 🇻🇳 Vietnam

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

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Glutinous rice pork mung beans banana leaves

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