Cơm Tấm (Broken Rice)

Name: Cơm Tấm (Broken Rice)
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 400g broken rice, cooked; 4 thin pork chops; 3 tbsp fish sauce; 2 tbsp sugar; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 3 eggs; 1 tbsp fish sauce for eggs; pickled carrot and daikon to serve; sliced tomato and cucumber to serve; spring onions in oil to serve

Saigon-style broken rice with grilled pork chop, egg cake, shredded pork skin and fish sauce. Marinating the pork chops for a full two hours before grilling actually gets the fish sauce and garlic into the meat rather than just coating the surface.

Total time

155 min

Prep

135 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Vietnamese

gluten-free

Ingredients

400gbroken rice, cooked

4thin pork chops

3 tbspfish sauce

2 tbspsugar

3 clovesgarlic

1 tbspsoy sauce

3eggs

1 tbspfish sauce for eggs

pickled carrot and daikonto serve

sliced tomato and cucumberto serve

spring onions in oilto serve

Instructions

Marinate pork in fish sauce, sugar, garlic and soy for 2 hours.

Grill pork chops on high heat 3–4 minutes per side.

Make egg steamed cake (chả trứng): beat eggs with 1 tbsp fish sauce, steam 15 minutes.

Serve rice with pork chop, sliced egg cake, pickles, tomato and cucumber.

Top with spring onion oil.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

5.7g

Fat

3.6g

Carbs

7.9g

Fiber

0.1g

Sodium

1127mg

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