Bahn Cuon (Vietnamese Steamed Rice Rolls)

Name: Bahn Cuon (Vietnamese Steamed Rice Rolls)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 200g rice flour; 50g tapioca starch; 450ml water; salt to taste; 300g pork mince; 100g wood ear mushrooms, soaked and diced; 4 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp fish sauce; fried shallots to serve; nuoc cham to serve; sliced cucumber to serve

Silky steamed rice rolls filled with minced pork, wood ear mushrooms and crispy shallots. Swirling a thin layer of batter around the hot pan before covering it to set is what creates these rolls' signature paper-thin, almost translucent wrapper.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Vietnamese

Ingredients

200grice flour

50gtapioca starch

450mlwater

saltto taste

300gpork mince

100gwood ear mushrooms, soaked and diced

4 clovesgarlic

2 tbspfish sauce

fried shallotsto serve

nuoc chamto serve

sliced cucumberto serve

Instructions

Mix rice flour, tapioca starch, water and salt into a thin smooth batter.

Fry garlic, then pork and mushroom with fish sauce.

Heat a non-stick pan. Pour a thin layer of batter and swirl.

Cover 1 minute until set.

Place a spoonful of filling on one side.

Roll up using a spatula.

Serve with fried shallots, nuoc cham and cucumber.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

387

Protein

22.8g

Fat

13.6g

Carbs

41.3g

Fiber

1.3g

Sodium

632mg

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